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  • Shots in the Dark

    The Bad Decision-Making Behind US Wars from Korea to Afghanistan

    by James Lebovic ...
    Why have US wars so often failed to go as planned? Four of the major conflicts in the post–World War II era—Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan—lasted far longer, cost far more, and yielded far poorer results than what prewar predictions anticipated.Shots in the Dark offers a new analysis of the pervasive biases that have afflicted decision-making in the lead-up to and early days of US military ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Foregone Conclusions

    U.s. Weapons Acquisition In The Post-cold War Transition

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    With the end of the Cold War and the erosion of the Soviet threat, the United States is reevaluating its defense policy and its acquisition of weapons. James Lebovic shows that, although current military missions are adapted to post-Cold War realities, the self-defeating bias of bureaucrats and military services toward Cold War weaponry is still prevalent. He examines the impact of this bias on ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Flawed Logics

    Strategic Nuclear Arms Control from Truman to Obama

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Can a nation accept limits in an arms competition?James H. Lebovic explores the logic of seeking peace in an arms race. Flawed Logics offers a compelling intellectual history of U.S.-Russian strategic nuclear arms control.Lebovic thoroughly reviews the critical role of ideas and assumptions in U.S. arms control debates, tying them to controversies over U.S. nuclear strategy from the birth of the ... Read more

    $61.59 CAD

  • The False Promise of Superiority

    The United States and Nuclear Deterrence after the Cold War

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    This political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics. During the Cold War, American policymakers sought nuclear advantages to offset an alleged Soviet edge. Policymakers hoped that US nuclear capabilities would safeguard deterrence, when backed perhaps by a set of ... Read more

    $37.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Planning to Fail

    The US Wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Series series Bridging the Gap
    The United States national-security establishment is vast, yet the United States has failed to meet its initial objectives in almost every one of its major, post-World War II conflicts. Of these troubled efforts, the US wars in Vietnam (1965-73), Iraq (2003-11), and Afghanistan (2001-present) stand out for their endurance, resource investment, human cost, and miscalculated decisions. Because ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Deterring International Terrorism and Rogue States

    US National Security Policy after 9/11

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This new study challenges the widely held view that many current US adversaries cannot be deterred, maintaining that deterrence is not a relic of the Cold War period and that it should shape US policies toward so-called ‘rogue states’ and terror groups.James Lebovic argues that deterrence principles continue to apply, and focuses upon the ‘three pillars’ of the Bush administration’s national ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • The Limits of U.S. Military Capability

    Lessons from Vietnam and Iraq

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Political scientist James H. Lebovic establishes that the size, strength, flexibility, and adaptability of the U.S. military cannot ensure victory in asymmetrical conflicts.In The Limits of U.S. Military Capability, Lebovic shows how political and psychological factors trumped U.S. military superiority in Vietnam and Iraq, where inappropriate strategies, low stakes, and unrealistic goals mired the ... Read more

    $61.59 CAD

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    Planning to Fail

    The US Wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 58 min

    The United States national-security establishment is vast, yet the United States has failed to meet its initial objectives in almost every one of its major, post–World War II conflicts. Of these troubled efforts, the US wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan stand out for their endurance, resource investment, human cost, and miscalculated decisions.In Planning to Fail, James H. Lebovic argues that ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The False Promise of Superiority

    The United States and Nuclear Deterrence after the Cold War

    by James H. Lebovic ...
    Narrated by David Stifel ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 11 min

    This political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics.During the Cold War, American policymakers sought nuclear advantages to offset an alleged Soviet edge. Policymakers hoped that US nuclear capabilities would safeguard deterrence, when backed perhaps by a set of ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Disintegration

    Indicators of the Coming American Collapse

    by Andrei Martyanov ...
    The United States is undergoing a profound and radical transformation, all features of which point to the fact of its departure at an accelerated rate from its largely self-proclaimed status as a global hegemon. The United States has lost ground in every single category that defines the power and status of a nation in relation to its rivals. This book delves into the reasons for a catastrophic ... Read more

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  • Military Strategy

    by John M. Collins ...
    John M. Collins has distilled the wisdom of historys great military minds to tutor readers on the necessary intellectual skills to win not only battles but also wars. He illuminates practices that worked well or poorly in the past, together with reasons why. He discusses national security interests, strategic building blocks, military strategies across the conflict spectrum, methods for developing ... Read more

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  • American Force

    Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security

    by Richard Betts ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    While American national security policy has grown more interventionist since the Cold War, Washington has also hoped to shape the world on the cheap. Misled by the stunning success against Iraq in 1991, administrations of both parties have pursued ambitious aims with limited force, committing the country's military frequently yet often hesitantly, with inconsistent justification. These ventures ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD