Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare (Record no. 19507)
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| fixed length control field | 01932nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 355.0218 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rothstein, Hy S. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare |
| Statement of responsibility | Hy S. Rothstein |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Lahore |
| Name of publisher | Army Publishing House |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvii,218 Pages |
| Other physical details | 24x16 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | This book presents an authoritative overview of the current American way of war and addresses the specific causes of the "conventionalization" of U.S. Special Forces, using the war in Afghanistan as a case study. Drawing a distinction between special operations and unconventional warfare (the use of Special Forces does not automatically make the fighting unconventional), Rothstein questions the ability of U.S. forces to effectively defeat irregular threats and suggests ways to regain lost unconventional warfare capacity. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Index, Notes and Bibliography |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A Naval Postgraduate School professor and former career Special Forces officer looks at why the U.S. military cannot conduct unconventional warfare despite a significant effort to create and maintain such a capability. In his examination of Operation Enduring Freedom, Hy Rothstein maintains that although the operation in Afghanistan appeared to have been a masterpiece of military creativity, the United States executed its impressive display of power in a totally conventional manner - despite repeated public statements by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld that terrorists must be fought with unconventional capabilities. Arguing that the initial phase of the war was appropriately conventional given the conventional disposition of the enemy, the author suggests that once the Taliban fell the war became increasingly unconventional, yet the U.S. response became more conventional. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | United States -- Military Policy |
| -- | Afghan War (2001-) |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Foreword By Seymour Heresh |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-02-24 | MSL | 355.0218 R842A 2010 | 27702 | Books |