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082 _a355.42
_bLOW/A
100 _aLowther, Adam B.
245 0 _aAmericans and asymmetric conflict: Lebanon, Somalia, and Afghanistan/
_cAdam B. Lowther
260 _aLondon:
_bPraeger Security International,
_c2007.
300 _axvi, 233 p. ;
_c25 cm.
505 _aIntroduction -- Military thought and asymmetric conflict -- Asymmetric conflict and the threats facing the United States -- Lebanon (1982-1984): The rise of terrorism and the suicide bombing -- Somalia (1992-1994): Into the post-Cold War era -- Afghanistan (2001-2004): Winning wars of asymmetry -- Conclusion: The lessons of war and implications for Iraq.
650 _aMilitary policy
650 _aWorld politics
650 _aAsymmetric warfare
650 _aCounterinsurgency
942 _cWB16