Other People's Wars

Brent L. Sterling is an adjunct professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? What History Teaches Us about Strategic Barriers and International Security (Georgetown University Press, 2009). He has spent the past thirty years as a defense analyst, including positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and consulting firms that support the US Department of Defense.

Introduction 1. The Crimean War: Partial but Precedent-Setting Probe 2. The Russo-Japanese War: Enthusiastic but Encumbered Exploration 3. The Spanish Civil War: Desired but Disputed Data 4. The Yom Kippur War: Ferocious and Fortuitous Fight Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index About the Author