Small wars are operations undertaken under executive authority, wherein military force is combined with diplomatic pressure in the internal or external affairs of another state whose government is unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy of our Nation.
-- Small Wars Manual, 1940
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South China Sea and China by Ray
Afghanistan: Calling all Hands for Book Recommendations! by carl
Iraq catch-all: after Operation Iraqi Freedom ended by JWing
Supply routes to Afghanistan by omarali50
EUCOM Economic Analysis - Part I by Fuchs
May 18, 2012 04:49 AM | Comments (2)