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Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History
John J. Tierney
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Description for Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History
paperback. Presents a study of unconventional warfare in American military history. This book includes: guerrilla fighting during the American Civil War; wars between the United States and Native Americans; the Philippine Insurrection; the campaign against Mexico's Pancho Villa; and, US occupations of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua. Num Pages: 308 pages, 6 b&w photos, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
The turbulent occupation of Iraq has once again embroiled the United States military in an unconventional war. Chasing Ghosts is a study of unconventional warfare in American military history and its implications for the present and future. John J. Tierney examines America’s numerous past experiences with this type of warfare from the Revolutionary War, when American irregulars fought the British and Loyalists, through the Vietnam War, which involved the U.S. military in its largest-ever counterinsurgency campaigns. Other cases covered in the book include guerrilla fighting during the American Civil War; wars between the United States and Native Americans; the Philippine ... Read more
The turbulent occupation of Iraq has once again embroiled the United States military in an unconventional war. Chasing Ghosts is a study of unconventional warfare in American military history and its implications for the present and future. John J. Tierney examines America’s numerous past experiences with this type of warfare from the Revolutionary War, when American irregulars fought the British and Loyalists, through the Vietnam War, which involved the U.S. military in its largest-ever counterinsurgency campaigns. Other cases covered in the book include guerrilla fighting during the American Civil War; wars between the United States and Native Americans; the Philippine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597971560
SKU
V9781597971560
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About John J. Tierney
John J. Tierney, Jr. is professor at The Institute of World Politics, Washington, D.C. He has spent eighteen years in government, including the US Congress and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He is the author of Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History.
Reviews for Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History
"John Tierney has made a singular contribution to U. S. military history." - Andrew J. Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War "Tierney rises above a tactical examination and explains unconventional warfare on a strategic level, which includes politicians and populations." - ARMY, February 2007"