ID | 147103 |
Title Proper | Ending endless war |
Other Title Information | a pragmatic military strategy |
Language | ENG |
Author | Bacevich, Andrew J |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | During the Cold War, the United States preferred to husband, rather than expend, its military power. The idea was not to fight but to defend, deter, and contain, a cold peace infinitely preferable to nuclear cataclysm. When U.S. policymakers strayed from this principle, attempting to unify the Korean Peninsula in 1950 [1] or deploying combat troops to Vietnam in the 1960s [2], the results proved unhappy in the extreme. |
`In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 95, No.5; Sep-Oct 2016: p.36-45 |
Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 95 No 5 |
Key Words | United States ; Ending Endless War ; Pragmatic Military Strategy ; U.S. Forces |