Perilous options: (Record no. 23158)
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fixed length control field | 00975cam a2200145 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0195045912 (hbk.) |
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | VANDENBROUCKE Lucien S |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Perilous options: |
Remainder of title | special operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford Univ. Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1993 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 257p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | It examines the use and misuse of special operations through an in-depth analysis of four operations. It identifies recurrent problems in the way of the United States government has prepared and executed such operations that account for their poor outcomes. These include faulty intelligence, poor interagency and interservice cooperation and coordination, inadequate information and advice provided to the decisionmakers, wishful thinking on the part of decisionmakers and micromanagement from outside the theater of operations. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | UNITED STATES |
General subdivision | FOREIGN POLICY |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | UNITED STATES |
General subdivision | SPECIAL OPERATIONS |
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
i | 0004403 |
r | Y |
s | Y |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 15/04/1998 | 356.1670973 VAN | 0004403 | 03/01/2024 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |