Perilous options: (Record no. 23158)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
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
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total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
    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