America's dirty wars: irregular warfare from 1776 to the War on Terror

✍ Scribed by Russell Crandall, Davidson College

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 597
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

01.0_pp_i_iv_Frontmatter
02.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication
03.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents
04.0_pp_ix_x_List_of_Figures
05.0_pp_xi_xiv_Acknowledgments
06.0_pp_1_14_Introduction
07.0_pp_15_26_Irregular_Warfare_101
08.0_pp_27_28_The_American_Revolution_to_Chasing_Sandino_17761930s
08.1_pp_29_45_The_American_Revolution
08.2_pp_46_62_Confederates_and_Indians
08.3_pp_63_71_Intermezzo
08.4_pp_72_88_America_Aguinaldo_and_the_Philippines_1898
08.5_pp_89_99_Chasing_Villa_1916
08.6_pp_100_108_A_Cold_Winter_in_Siberia
08.7_pp_109_126_The_Banana_Wars_18981930s
08.8_pp_127_135_Intermezzo
08.9_pp_136_150_Chasing_Sandino_19271932
09.0_pp_151_152_The_Cold_War_1940s1989
09.1_pp_153_156_Cold_War_Counterinsurgencies
09.2_pp_157_164_Intermezzo
09.3_pp_165_173_Fighting_Communism_in_Greece
09.4_pp_174_184_Intermezzo
09.5_pp_185_189_Intermezzo
09.6_pp_190_198_Intermezzo
09.7_pp_199_208_Ramon_Magsaysay_and_the_Hukbalahap_Rebellionin_the_Philippines_19461956
09.8_pp_209_236_Vietnam
10.0_pp_237_238_Latin_America_and_the_Cold_War_1950s1980s
10.1_pp_239_257_From_Guatemala_1954_to_Cuba_and_the_Bayof_Pigs_1961
10.2_pp_258_268_Guatemala_Post-1963
10.3_pp_269_276_Cuba_Post-1963
10.4_pp_277_279_Intermezzo
10.5_pp_280_303_Carter_Reagan_and_the_Sandinista_Revolution_in_Nicaragua_19791990
10.6_pp_304_336_El_Salvador_19791992
11.0_pp_337_338_PostCold_War_1990s2000s
11.1_pp_339_344_Dirty_Wars_after_the_Cold_War
11.2_pp_345_362_Colombia
11.3_pp_363_392_Iraq
11.4_pp_393_397_Intermezzo
11.5_pp_398_403_Post-911_COIN_in_the_Philippines
11.6_pp_404_411_Intermezzo
11.7_pp_412_441_The_Longest_War
11.8_pp_442_456_The_Fall_of_Muammar_Qaddafi_2011
11.9_pp_457_466_Intermezzo
11.10_pp_467_470_Conclusion
11.11_pp_471_472_I_Feel_More_Like_a_Monster
12.0_pp_473_518_Notes
13.0_pp_519_546_Bibliography
14.0_pp_547_583_Index

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