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Author Priest, Dana.

Title The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military / Dana Priest.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2003]
©2003

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  355.009 P    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  355.009 P949M    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Pax Americana -- A different kind of world -- The rise of the American military -- The commanders. The CinCs : proconsuls to the empire -- The royal CinCdoms of the Persian Gulf -- The invisible front line of Central Asia -- The special forces. Inside the wire with special forces -- A-teams in Afghanistan -- Below the radar in Nigeria -- Gambling with Green Berets in Colombia -- The Indonesian handshake -- The CinC and his soldiers in Kosovo. Force trumps diplomacy in the Balkans -- Waging peace in Kosovo -- Drita's Kosovo -- Ellerbe's 82nd Airborne Division -- Vitina and the new Mafia -- Dishonoring Merita -- Vitina, one year later -- Afterword : the mission.
Subject World politics -- 21st century.
United States -- Armed Forces.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign service.
ISBN 0393010244 hardcover
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