Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Huchthausen, Peter A., 1939-

Title America's "splendid" little wars : a short history of U.S. military engagements : 1975-1999 / Peter Huchthausen.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2003.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.92 HUC    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.92 H86    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.92 HUC    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.92 HUCHTHAUSEN    Check Shelf
Description xv, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-239) and index.
Contents Recovering SS Mayaguez and the fight on Koh Tang -- America and special warfare -- The hostage rescue attempt -- Intervention in Lebanon -- Intervention in Grenada -- Retaliatory attacks on Libya -- Escort and retaliation in the Persian Gulf -- Storming Panama -- The Gulf War : desert shield -- The Gulf War : Desert Storm -- The rescue of the Kurds in Northern Iraq -- President Bush responds to starvation -- President Clinton crosses the Mogadishu Line -- Intervention in Bosnia -- Intervention in Kosovo.
Subject Intervention (International law) -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
United States -- Military policy.
ISBN 0670032328 alkaline paper
-->
Add a Review