| Description |
xxi, 538 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Culture, Genes, and War -- Chapter 2: Traditional American Thinking about the Conduct of War -- Chapter 3: The Legacy of World War II: Man versus Machine -- Chapter 4: Truman and the Evolution of National Military Strategy and Doctrine -- Chapter 5: The Korean War, The Opening Phases, 1950-1951 -- Chapter 6: The Korean War, The Final Phases, 1951-1953 -- Chapter 7: Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation -- Chapter 8: Civil-Military Relations and the National Military Command Structure -- Chapter 9: Limited War: Kennedy and McNamara -- Chapter 10: The Vietnam War, The Opening Phases, 1955-1967 -- Chapter 11: The Vietnam War, The Final Phases, 1967-1975 -- Chapter 12: The Recovery and Reorganization of the Armed Forces of the United States -- Chapter 13: The Persian Gulf War: War Without the People --Chapter 14: The Persian Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm -- Chapter 15: The New American Way of War -- Chapter 16: The Second Persian Gulf War: The Conventional War -- Chapter 17: The Second Persian Gulf War: The Unfinished Insurgency War -- Chapter 18: The New American Citizenship |
| Summary |
This book traces the evolution of American strategic, operational, and tactical doctrine, including the national command structure, civil-military relations, the role of the media, military technology, the military personnel system, airpower doctrine, the role of Congress, and numerous related aspects of United States national defence |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-521) and index |
| Subject |
Strategic culture -- United States.
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War and society -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
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 -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
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| Genre/Form |
Military history.
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| LC no. |
2006018393 |
| ISBN |
0415979765 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415979764 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415979757 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780415979757 paperback alkaline paper |
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