state, society, and the failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam Merom, Gil 1956- creator text bibliography xxk Cambridge Cambridge University Press c2003 2003 monographic eng

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xiii, 295 p. ; 24 cm. 1. Introduction -- 2. Military Superiority and Victory in Small Wars: Historical Observations -- 3. The Structural Origins of Defiance: The Middle-Class, The Marketplace of Ideas, and the Normative Gap -- 4. The Structural Origins of Tenacity: National Alignment and Compartmentalization -- 5. The French War in Algeria: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 6. French Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 7. The Development of a Normative Difference in France, and Its Consequences -- 8. The French Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 9. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in France -- 10. The Israeli War in Lebanon: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 11. Israeli Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 12. The Development of a Normative Difference in Israel, and Its Consequences. 13. The Israeli Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 14. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in Israel -- 15. Conclusion. Gil Merom. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index. e-fr--- a-is--- n-us--- Low intensity conflicts (Military science) France Low intensity conflicts (Military science) United States Low intensity conflicts (Military science) Israel Military doctrine France Military doctrine United States Military doctrine Israel Counterinsurgency U241 .M47 2003 355.02 MEH 9780521804035 (hbk.) 0521804035 : 0521008778 (pbk.) : 2002041490 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002041490.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002041490.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002041490.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002041490.html 021209 20160601195101.0 3877823