HOFFMAN F G <br/><br/>
Decisive force:  the new American way of war 

 - Westport, Conn., USA:  Praeger,  1996 
 - 150p. 
<br/><br/> Examines how the application of American military power has evolved since the Vietnam War, looking in particular at the deployment of US Forces in Beirut (1982), Panama (1989) and in the Gulf (1991). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275953440 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>DOCTRINE<br/>GULF WAR<br/>LEBANON CIVIL WAR<br/>PANAMA INVASION<br/>STRATEGY<br/>UNITED STATES