The Resource Reconsidering the American Way of War : US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
Reconsidering the American Way of War : US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
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- Summary
- Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force. Contrary to many popular sentiments, Echevarria finds that the American way of war is not astrategic, apolitical, or defined by the use of overwhelming force. Instead, the American way of war was driven more by political considerations than mil
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (415 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Preludes; 1. American Ways of War: Turns in Interpretation; 2. American Strategic Culture: An Elusive Fiction; 3. American Military Art: A Misleading Analogy; II. American Military Practice; 4. The Revolutionary War to the Mexican War; 5. The Civil War to the Boxer Rebellion; 6. The Caribbean Wars to the Korean War; 7. The Guatemalan Coup to the War on Terrorism; Conclusions and Observations; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781626160682
- Label
- Reconsidering the American Way of War : US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
- Title
- Reconsidering the American Way of War
- Title remainder
- US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
- Subject
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- Case studies
- Electronic books
- History
- Military history
- Military policy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Strategic culture
- Strategic culture -- United States -- History
- Strategy
- Strategy
- United States
- United States -- History, Military
- United States -- Military policy -- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force. Contrary to many popular sentiments, Echevarria finds that the American way of war is not astrategic, apolitical, or defined by the use of overwhelming force. Instead, the American way of war was driven more by political considerations than mil
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- Echevarria, Antulio J
- Dewey number
- 355.033573
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- U21.2 .E32 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Strategy
- Strategic culture
- United States
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Military policy
- Strategic culture
- Strategy
- United States
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- Reconsidering the American Way of War : US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
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- online resource
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- Contents
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Preludes; 1. American Ways of War: Turns in Interpretation; 2. American Strategic Culture: An Elusive Fiction; 3. American Military Art: A Misleading Analogy; II. American Military Practice; 4. The Revolutionary War to the Mexican War; 5. The Civil War to the Boxer Rebellion; 6. The Caribbean Wars to the Korean War; 7. The Guatemalan Coup to the War on Terrorism; Conclusions and Observations; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 881570750
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (415 pages)
- File format
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- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781626160682
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881570750
- Label
- Reconsidering the American Way of War : US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Preludes; 1. American Ways of War: Turns in Interpretation; 2. American Strategic Culture: An Elusive Fiction; 3. American Military Art: A Misleading Analogy; II. American Military Practice; 4. The Revolutionary War to the Mexican War; 5. The Civil War to the Boxer Rebellion; 6. The Caribbean Wars to the Korean War; 7. The Guatemalan Coup to the War on Terrorism; Conclusions and Observations; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 881570750
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (415 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781626160682
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6pdbf9
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881570750
Subject
- Case studies
- Electronic books
- History
- Military history
- Military policy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Strategic culture
- Strategic culture -- United States -- History
- Strategy
- Strategy
- United States
- United States -- History, Military
- United States -- Military policy -- Case studies
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