Wars of Revelation: The Transformative Effects of Military Intervention on Grand Strategy

Author:   Rebecca Lissner (Assistant Professor of Strategic and Operational Research, Assistant Professor of Strategic and Operational Research, U.S. Naval War College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197583180


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 November 2021
Format:   Hardback
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"Rich in historical detail and theoretical insight, Wars of Revelation explains why the United States' military interventions have repeatedly transformed its global role - and what that means for the future of American grand strategy. More than seventy-five years since the end of World War II, military interventions - rather than major wars - have emerged as a defining feature of contemporary geopolitics. Yet, for all the fierce policy debates over interventions and their lessons, scholars have largely ignored the systematic linkages between these smaller-scale wars and transformations in the grand strategies of states that prosecute them. In Wars of Revelation, Rebecca Lissner explains why military interventions can be crucibles of grand strategy, testing strategic axioms on the battlefield and prompting combatant states to reconceive their global roles. Through detailed historical case studies of US involvement in the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars, Lissner shows how each intervention generated searing insights into the capabilities and intentions of America's international adversaries - as well as the potential and limits of its own national power. By focusing on these three ""wars of revelation,"" Lissner presents a fresh perspective on the origins and evolutions of US grand strategy, from the dawn of the Cold War to its twilight. Persuasively argued and historically illuminating, Wars of Revelation is essential reading for anyone who crafts, studies, or follows international security policy."

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Author:   Rebecca Lissner (Assistant Professor of Strategic and Operational Research, Assistant Professor of Strategic and Operational Research, U.S. Naval War College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780197583180


ISBN 10:   0197583180
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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a well-researched and lucidly argued account -- Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs


a well-researched and lucidly argued account * Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs *


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Rebecca Lissner is an Assistant Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the US Naval War College and a Non-Resident Scholar at Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies.

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