Study of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasn't
fought. The reality, of course, is that many 'hot' conflicts did
occur, some with the great powers' weapons and approval, others
without. It is this reality, and this period of quasi-war and
semiconflict, that Jonathan M. House plumbs in A Military History
of the Cold War, 1962-1991, a complex case study in the
Clausewitzian relationship of policy and military force during a
time of global upheaval and political realignment. This volume
opens a new perspective on three fraught decades of Cold War
history, revealing how the realities of time, distance, resources,
and military culture often constrained and diverted the
inclinations or policies of world leaders. In addition to the
Vietnam War and nuclear confrontations between the USSR and the
United States, this period saw dozens of regional wars and
insurgencies fought throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Cuba, Pakistan, Indonesia, Israel, Egypt, and South Africa pursued
their own independent goals in ways that drew the superpowers into
regional disputes. Even clashes ostensibly unrelated to the
politics of East-West confrontation, such as the Nigerian-Biafran
conflict, the Falklands/Malvinas War, and the Indonesian occupation
of East Timor, involved armed forces, weapons, and tactics
developed for the larger conflict, and thus come under House's
scrutiny. His study also takes up nontraditional or specialized
aspects of the period, including weapons of mass destruction,
civil-military relations, civil defense, and control of domestic
disorders. The result is a single, integrated survey and analysis
of a complex period of semi- and wholesale warfare, which fills a
significant gap in our knowledge of the organization, logistics,
operations, and tactics involved in conflict throughout the Cold
War.
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