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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Military Map Symbols; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Tradition and an Envisioned Future Collide; 1 War and Culture: An Analytical Approach; War and Humanity; Culture: An Approach; Axioms of Cultural Theory; 2 The American Practice of War: Cultural Tenets; Traditional Practices No Longer Worked; Equality of Opportunity and Sacrifice; Inequality of Outcome; Wealth and Consumption; Racism; Exclusion of Women; Science and Technology; Militarism |
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American Cultural Tenets3 The Legacy of World War II: Man versus Machine; Air War Doctrine versus Ground War Doctrine; The Army's Practice of War; Airpower: A New Practice of War; The Navy and Marine Corps; 4 Truman, the Cold War, and the National Military Establishment, 1945-1950; Truman, the Policy of Containment, and National Strategy; Strategic Airpower and National Military Strategy; From the National Military Establishment to the Department of Defense; 5 The Korean War: The Opening Phases, 1950-1951; The Korean War |
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The Opening Phase: The Korean People's Army versus the Republic of Korea ArmyWalker's Battle for Pusan; The Inchon Landing; Crossing the 38th Parallel; The Chinese Decision to Intervene and Offensive Operations; The Ground War: Ridgway Takes Command; 6 The Korean War: The Final Phases, 1951-1953; The Air War; Censorship, the Media, and Public Opinion; The Relief of General Douglas MacArthur; New Personnel Policies: The Results of Transformation; The Final Phase: Negotiating While Fighting, Defensive War of Attrition; Part II The Efforts to Adapt to a Nuclear World |
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7 Eisenhower, the Cold War, and Massive Retaliation, 1953-1960Eisenhower's Vision: The "New Look"; Army Chiefs, Ridgway, Taylor, and Lemnitzer, Fight Against the "New Look"; The Iron Triangle: The Growth of American Militarism; 8 Kennedy, McNamara, and Artificial Limited War, 1961-1963; Artificial Limited War Theory; Kennedy's New Strategic Doctrines: Flexible Response; McNamara's Reorganization of the Army; Communist Revolutionary War Doctrine and Army Counterinsurgency Doctrine; 9 The Vietnam War: The Opening Phases, 1955-1967; Geography, Terrain, and Strategy |
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The Vietnam War: Explaining American InvolvementThe Advisory Phase; Johnson and the Americanization Phase; The Air War: Graduated Response; The Ground War: The Marine Corps versus the Army; 10 The Vietnam War: The Final Phases, 1967-1975; Censorship, the Media, and Public Opinion; New Personnel Policies: The Result of Transformation; McNamara Changes Course; The Tet Offensive; Nixon and the Vietnamization Phase; Part III The New American Practice of War: War Without the People; 11 The Recovery and Reorganization of the Armed Forces of the United States, 1975-1990 |
| Summary |
"Now in its third edition, The American Culture of War presents a sweeping critical examination of every major American war since 1941: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars, US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the war against ISIS. As he carefully considers the cultural forces that surrounded each military engagement, Adrian Lewis offers an original and provocative look at the motives, people and governments used to wage war, the discord among military personnel, the flawed political policies that guided military strategy, and the civilian perceptions that characterized each conflict. This third edition features:A new structure focused more exclusively on the character and conduct of the wars themselvesUpdates to account for the latest, evolving scholarship on these conflictsAn updated account of American military involvement in the Middle East, including the abrupt rise of ISISThe new edition of The American Culture of War remains a comprehensive and essential resource for any student of American wartime conduct."--Provided by publisher |
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War and society -- United States
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Strategic culture -- United States
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Strategic culture
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War and society
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140341
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003698
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315544021 |
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1315544024 |
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