Every War Must End

Every War Must End
ISBN-10
0231136676
ISBN-13
9780231136679
Category
History
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Fred Charles Iklé

Description

As recent events in Iraq have once again demonstrated, it is much easier to start a war than it is to end it. "Every War Must End," which Colin Powell credits in his autobiography as shaping his thinking on how to end the first Gulf War, analyzes the many critical obstacles to ending a war-an aspect of military strategy that is frequently and tragically overlooked. Ikle considers examples from twentieth-century history, particularly strategies that effectively "won the peace," including the Allied policy in Germany and Japan after World War II. In the new preface to his classic work, Ikle explains how U.S. military strategy and tactics have delayed, and indeed jeopardized, a successful end to hostilities.

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