{"product_id":"9780226107714","title":"Success and Failure in Limited War: Information and Strategy in the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Iraq Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. Chief among these challenges is the risk of escalation—be it in the scale, scope, cost, or duration of the conflict. In this book, Spencer D. Bakich investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional assessments of wartime strategy focus on the relationship between the military and civilians, but Bakich argues that we must take into account the information flow patterns among top policy makers and \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e national security organizations. By examining the fate of American military and diplomatic strategy in four limited wars, Bakich demonstrates how not only the availability and quality of information, but also the ways in which information is gathered, managed, analyzed, and used, shape a state’s ability to wield power effectively in dynamic and complex international systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilizing a range of primary and secondary source materials, \u003ci\u003eSuccess and Failure in Limited War\u003c\/i\u003e makes a timely case for the power of information in war, with crucial implications for international relations theory and statecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012079862000,"sku":"9780226107714","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226107714_p0.jpg?v=1763673581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226107714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}