A Military History of the Cold War, 1962–1991 House Paperback John Wiley & Sons

A Military History of the Cold War, 19621991Author(s): Jonathan M. House\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806187044, 978-0806187044\nSynopsis\nStudy of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasnt fought. The reality, of course, is that many hot conflicts did occur, some with the great powers' weapons and approval, others without. It is this reality, and this period of quasi-war and semiconflict, that Jonathan M. House plumbs in A Military History of the Cold War, [tel], a complex case study in the Clausewitzian relationship between policy and military force during a time of global upheaval and political realignment.\n\n This volume opens a new perspective on three fraught decades of Cold War history, revealing how the realities of time, distance, resources, and military culture often constrained and diverted the inclinations or policies of world leaders. In addition to the Vietna.