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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Limited-war"”.
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No middle way: Franklin D. Roosevelt and limited war, 1940-1942
… pursued a policy of de facto undeclared war on Germany--a policy clearly designed to contain German expansion by limited means--while fully expecting that this essentially defensive policy could persist indefinitely. But meanwhile his public discourse depicted the Nazi threat to America …
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The Berlin Crisis of 1958/59: A Case of Pragmatic Restraint
… by the U.S. and U.S.S.R as an alternative to war. Both nations had nuclear weapon capabilities that could transform a local conflict into general war. The potential for disaster, plus other limits, made a series of diplomatic encounters the only productive option. The diplomatic course also …
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Maximizing leverage : explaining China's strategic force postures in limited wars
… leverage to coerce their adversaries in limited wars? Although the existing literature has examined how states have used their nuclear weapons as sources of strategic leverage, it has not fully explored the challenges states face in using these extremely destructive weapons in limited …
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United States Deterrance Policy in the 1960's: Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Publicly Speak Out
… also stressed that conventional non-nuclear war was more likely to come about than general nuclear war. It was therefore necessary for the United States to prepare to fight such conventional conflicts. Without a conventional flexible response policy the United States would have only two …
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Military Modernization of the People's Liberation Army and the Prospect For Conflict With Taiwan
… strategy and doctrine from that of People's War to what is currently labeled as Local and Limited War. The tenets of People's War--mobilization, luring the enemy deep into China, and protraction of the conflict--have been replaced by an emphasis on standing forces able to deploy rapidly with …
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The development and implementation of counterinsurgency warfare during the Vietnam war
… and implementation of counterinsurgency warfare by the military and government of the United States during the Vietnam War. The main point of this work revolves around the fact that the United States did not develop a successful and comprehensive counterinsurgency doctrine during this …
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The Expanding Rol of the President as Commander-In-Chief Since World War II
… between the president and the Congress over war-making roles, the president's Commander-in-Chief role has expanded significantly since World War II. This study examines expansion of presidential power in terms of the establishment of the United States as a world economic and political power …
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Editorial reaction of selected major Indiana daily newspapers to a national controversy : the Truman, MacArthur conflict
… that retained a consistently rational outlook toward the American scene during the Truman-MacArthur conflict. It took the position early that the Korean War should not be expanded, that the chance of an expanding war with China was to be avoided. The Courier expressed its dissatisfaction with the …