Drawdown : The American Way of Postwar /

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While traditionally, Americans view expensive military structure as a poor investment and a threat to liberty, they also require the employment of armed forces as a guarantee of that very freedom. Beginning with the wars of the English colonies, Americans typically increased their military capabilit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Warren, Jason W., 1977- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Reorganization > History.
United States. > Army > Demobilization.
Armed Forces > Reorganization.
Armed Forces > Demobilization.
United States.
United States > History, Military > Case studies.
United States > Armed Forces > Demobilization.
Military history.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The American way of postwar : the liberty dilemma / Michael E. Lynch
  • The art of war : early Anglo-American translation, 1607-1643 / Kevin McBride with Ashley Bissonnette
  • Liberty paradox : the failure of the military system in mid-seventeenth-century New England / Jason W. Warren
  • Surprisingly professional : trajectories in Army Officer Corps drawdowns, 1783-1848 / Samuel Watson
  • Challenged competency : U. S. cavalry before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War / John A. Bonin
  • The elusive lesson : U.S. Army unpreparedness from 1898 to 1938 / Edward A. Gutierrez with Michael S. Neiberg
  • When the smoke clears : the interwar years as an unlikely success story / Michael R. Matheny
  • Searching for the Greatest Generation's army in 1950 / Scott Bertinetti and John A. Bonin
  • The post-Korean War drawdown under the Eisenhower administration / Raymond Millen
  • Once again with the high and mighty : "new look" austerity, "flexible response" buildup, and the U.S. Army in Vietnam, 1954-1970 / Martin G. Clemis
  • Post-Vietnam drawdown : the myth of the Abrams Doctrine / Conrad C. Crane
  • The "good" drawdown : the post-Vietnam alignment of resources / Antulio J. Echevarria II
  • Preaching after the devil's death : U.S. post-Cold War drawdown / Richard A. Lacquement Jr.

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