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Sarkesian, Sam Charles was born on November 7, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Khatoon (Babigian) Sarkesian.
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One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict--that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism--in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turns to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.
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The United States must devise entirely new military and political strategies because threats to the nation's security have shifted so markedly. This work provides the first comparative analysis of unconventional conflicts, using Malaya and Vietnam as lessons for developing effective policies and operations to counter strife, drug wars, and new types of Third World conflict today. This text for students, experts, and policymakers in military studies, history, and international relations combines insights from primary and secondary sources, participant-observer experiences, and scholarly and professional thinking in order to formulate practical recommendations for future policy. Sarkesian provides a comparative framework for analyzing unconventional conflicts, describing past strategies used by Great Britain, France, and the United States. He defines the military posture and nature of conflict, leadership, and indigenous situations in Malaya and Vietnam. He analyzes the nature of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary systems. Sarkesian describes a new U.S. national security agenda to deal with a transformed geostrategic world landscape. A lengthy bibliography adds to the usefulness of this provocative text for classes in contemporary military studies, world history, war and peace, U.S. foreign policy, and conflict management.
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Sarkesian, Sam Charles was born on November 7, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Khatoon (Babigian) Sarkesian.
Bachelor of Arts, The Citadel, 1951; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1969; certificate in African studies, Syracuse University, 1962.
Served as enlisted man, United States Army, 1945-1948; second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1951; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1967; served in, Germany, Korea, and Vietnam assistant professor, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1962-1966; retired, United States Army, 1968; member of faculty, Loyola University, Chicago, since 1970; professor political science, Loyola University, since 1974; department chairman, Loyola University, 1974-1980. Chairman inter-university seminar on armed forces and society Loyola University, 1980-1987, chairman academic advisory county national strategy forum, since 1983.
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Member American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association (fellow, board directors inter-university seminar since 1987, chairman research committee on armed forces and society), International Institute for Strategic Studies, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Jeannette Minasian, May 7, 1955. Children– Gary Charles, Joye Simone, Guy Samuel.