Constraints on U.S. Strategy in Third World Conflict

Implications for Certain Contingencies

Stephen T. Hosmer

ResearchPublished 1985

The author examines the military and political constraints imposed on U.S. strategy and combat operations in past Third World conflicts and crises. He explores the implications of such constraints for the design and execution of future strategies.

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Hosmer, Stephen T., Constraints on U.S. Strategy in Third World Conflict: Implications for Certain Contingencies. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1985. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3208z1.html.
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