The United States Military in limited war: case studies in success and failure, 1945-1999

After World War II, the United States military increasingly found itself involved in operations that have been described variously as limited wars, small wars, low intensity conflicts, operations other than war, support and stability operations, and the like.

The name common for such operations throughout much of the 1990s was 'operations other than war' (OOTW).

This work examines four successful OOTWs and four failed ones and concludes that there is a positive correlation between adherence to the principles and the operation's outcome.