“The purpose of this survey is twofold. First, an operational-level account of military forces and conflicts helps explain the larger developments of the period-whatever a head of state might wish to do, the realities of time, distance, resources, and military culture often constrained and diverted him or her. To ignore the military aspects of this period is to misunderstand what actually happened and why. Second, this entire period of quasi war and limited conflict is a complex case study in the relationship of policy and military force. In this strange period of semi-mobilization and limited…
