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020			_a0195045912 (hbk.)
100		1	_aVANDENBROUCKE Lucien S
245		0	_aPerilous options: _bspecial operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy
260			_aNew York: _bOxford Univ. Press, _c1993
300			_a257p.
520			_aIt 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			_aUNITED STATES _x FOREIGN POLICY
650			_aUNITED STATES _x SPECIAL OPERATIONS
945			_i0004403 _rY _sY
999			_c23158 _d23158