How Democracies Lose Small Wars: State, Society, and the Failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam

Gil Merom argues that modern democracies fail in insurgency wars because they are unable to find a...
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Author: Gil Merom
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How Democracies Lose Small Wars: State, Society, and the Failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam by Merom, Gil

How Democracies Lose Small Wars: State, Society, and the Failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam

$118.68

How Democracies Lose Small Wars: State, Society, and the Failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam

$118.68
Author: Gil Merom
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Gil Merom argues that modern democracies fail in insurgency wars because they are unable to find a winning balance between expedient and moral tolerance for the costs of war. Small wars are lost at home when a critical minority shifts the balancing element from the battlefield to the marketplace of ideas. This minority, representing the educated middle class, abhors the brutality involved in effective counterinsurgency, but also refuses to sustain the level of casualties resulting from fighting in other ways.

Author: Gil Merom
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/04/2003
Pages: 295
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.44h x 6.50w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780521008778


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1736

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