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Tuck, Christopher.

Confrontation, strategy and war termination : Britain's conflict with Indonesia / Christopher Tuck. - Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2013. - 255 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Military strategy and operational art . - Military strategy and operational art .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index.

Fighting Indonesia: British strategy and the emergence of confrontation -- Theories of war termination -- Bristling with difficulties: British objectives -- Soldiering on: British options and assessment -- British planning: the paradox of preparation -- Britain's war termination problem: the external dimension -- Britain's war termination problem: the internal dimension -- Conclusions.

ISBN: 9781409446309 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2012026009

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War--Termination.
Military art and science--History--Great Britain--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Borneo--History, Military--20th century.
Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
Malaysia--Foreign relations--Indonesia.
Indonesia--Foreign relations--Malaysia.
Indonesia--History--1950-1966.

LC Class. No.: DS646.3 / .T83 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 959.803/5