Description:
Foreign Military Intervention brings together prominent scholars in an ambitious and innovative comparative study. The six case studies--the United States in Vietnam, the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, Syria in Lebanon, Israel in Lebanon, South Africa and Cuba in Angola, and India in Sri Lanka--constitute a diverse set, involving superpowers and regional powers, democracies and nondemocracies, neighboring states and distant states, and incumbent regimes and insurgent movements.
Review Quotes: "The cases themselves, written by distinguished scholars, are rich, and their focused comparison in the method of Alexander George not only confirms some conventional conclusions-it's easier to go in than to get out-but also elucidates the complicated politics between intervener and client." -- "Foreign Affairs"