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Snow invites readers to consider what criteria should be evaluated when considering whether the United States should engage in military action across the globe: when its vital interests are at stake and when the endeavor can reasonably be considered feasible, what Snow refers to as the “IF factor.” It is hard to justify promoting an application of American military force to a situation where its use will not succeed or where US interests are not clearly vital, but, Snow argues, that is exactly what has happened frequently since Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is organized into three sections, examining a historical overview of how the United States became involved in intervening in asymmetrical warfare, the problem of internal war in the developing world, and future American military involvement, particularly in conflicts in the Global South and Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Continuing Use of American Force\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing the IF Factor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVietnam, Afghanistan, and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Way of Fighting: Asymmetrical Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe IF Contribution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Legacy of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The United States in Vietnam and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Context: Why Students Need to Know about War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Post-World War II Evolution of Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Effects on Thinking About Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Twentieth Century Legacy: The European Model of Warfare, the Impact of Nuclear Weapons, and the Transformation of the Uses of Force\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe European Style of War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Nuclear Weapons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Systemic Shock of 9\/11: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica in Iraq\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe War in Afghanistan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Past in the Future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Russia and Ukraine in 2022: The Face of Modern Mayhem?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefining Parameters in 2022: The Ukrainian Case\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Incendiary Potential of the 2022 Crisis: A Presage to a Larger War?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Then There is Putin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe War Worthiness of the Ukrainian Crisis: Before and After the Impact of Nuclear Weapons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResolving the Ukrainian Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Nuclear Prophylactic?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Contemporary Warfare and American Force: Conventional and Asymmetrical Warfare in the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFighting in the Developing World: The IF Factor in Application\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplating Involvements: The Challenges of Asymmetrical Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssessing the Prospects: The Middle East Quagmire as Rejoinder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States and Potential Deployments Beyond the Traditional Middle East Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetrical Warfare 101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetry and the IF Factor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetrical Warfare Is Not Easy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dynamics of Defeating Intervention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Briar Patch of Intervention in a Complex Environment: The Developed World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDealing with the Modal Threats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Russian Invasion of Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Legacy of Ukraine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Coping with Asymmetrical and Conventional Forms of War: The Challenge for American Expeditionary Force\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Traditional” War: Russia and Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetrical Pasts and Futures?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetrical Warfare in Europe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ukraine War in Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ukraine War, the American Response, and When America Should Fight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe IF Factor and the Ukrainian War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ukrainian Precedent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Conclusion: Where Will and Should the U.S. Fight: The Road Ahead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Recent Past as Prologue?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Past as the Model of the Future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ukrainian War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsymmetrical War in the Developing World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack to the Future: Where Should America Fight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeering into the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProjecting Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default 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