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Most people think that wars end when hostilities cease and armistices and treaties are signed, but this is not the case. This title analyses the unintended consequences of ten major wars fought by the US, pointing out critical turning points in the conflicts and the remarkable similarity of dilemmas following the conclusion of hostilities.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1545772 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .1 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

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Review
'Kenneth Hagan is Professor of Strategy at the United States Naval War College. When he argues forcefully that the vast majority of wars launched by the United States were unnecessary, avoidable and catastrophically unpredictable, you take note. Hagan is an angry man, spurred by the Iraq War to write this book.' --Diplomat magazine

'For many politicians and theorists the Carl von Clausewitz nostrum that "war is merely the continuation of policy by other means" has become a bleak orthodoxy. In this engrossing book, Kenneth J. Hagan and Ian J. Bickerton demonstrate that Clausewitz's nostrum is little more than glib nonsense.' --Sydney Morning Herald

`There is little to argue with in this take on history, and the fresh point of view does give certain insights. The two authors also tell their tale well and keep the reader turning pages.' --Australian Financial Review

`What this book so succinctly points out is that America's involvement in wars - from the War of Independence through to Iraq (and the authors reject the whole idea of the War on Terror as a war) - has always produced the ''unintended consequences'' of the title. Their analysis of World War II, for example, brilliantly points out the unintended result of how President Truman used the atom bomb that it effectively started the Cold War.' --The Age

Robert J. McMahon, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History, Ohio State University
'This provocative, intelligent, gem of a book could not be more
timely . . . Highly recommended.'

About the Author
Kenneth J. Hagan is Adjunct Professor of Strategy at the United States Naval War College, and Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. He is the author of This People's Navy (1991) and co-author of American Foreign Relations: A History (2005).

Ian J. Bickerton is Visiting Research Fellow and former Associate Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and author / co-author of numerous books, including A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2007).