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Snow (political science, U. of Alabama), a prolific writer and speaker on military subjects, provides an overview of the impact of conflict in the Third World on US international interests in the post-cold-war era. He considers the political, economic, and military inconvenience of restless natives, and the chances of controlling them through counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and international peacekeeping and peacemaking forces. Draws examples from Peru and the Persian Gulf. The ISBN digit check is invalid. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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This text examines conflict in the Third World and its implications for American foreign policy-making. It includes discussions of ethnic and regional conflict, insurgency movements, drug wars and terrorism, and it provides case studies of the Shining Path Movement in Peru and Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. Snow takes a politically moderate view that is primarily concerned with the implications of each conflict for US and international security. Other books by Donald M. Snow include "The Last Frontier: An Analysis of the Strategic Defence Initiative" (with Gary L. Guertner) and "National Security: Enduring Problems of US Defence Policy".
