Americans and Asymmetric Conflict: Lebanon, Somalia, and Afghanistan

by Adam B. Lowther

As the War in Iraq continues to rage, many in the White House, State Department, Department of Defense, and outside government are left to wonder if it was possible to foresee the difficulty the United States is currently having with Sunni nationalists and Islamic extremists. Recent American military experience offers significant insight into this question. With the fog of the Cold War finally lifting and clarity returning to the nature of conflict,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275996352
• ISBN13: 9780275996352
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"