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Drawdown : the American way of postwar /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Warfare and culture series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Way of Postwar: The Liberty Dilemma; PART I. BUILDING THE AMERICAN MILITARY IDEAL; 1. The Art of War: Early Anglo-American Translation, 1607-1643; 2. Liberty Paradox: The Failure of the Military System in Mid-Seventeenth-Century New England; 3. Surprisingly Professional: Trajectories in Army Officer Corps Drawdowns, 1783- 1848; PART II. MANAGING INDUSTRIAL-ERA WARFARE; 4. Challenged Competency: U.S. Cavalry before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War; 5. The Elusive Lesson: U.S. Army Unpreparedness from 1898 to 1938
- 6. When the Smoke Clears: The Interwar Years as an Unlikely Success StoryPART III. CONCEPTUALIZING COLD WAR FRAMEWORK; 7. Searching for the Greatest Generation's Army in 1950; 8. The Post-Korean War Drawdown under the Eisenhower Administration; 9. Once Again with the High and Mighty: "New Look" Austerity, "Flexible Response" Buildup, and the U.S. Army in Vietnam, 1954-1970; PART IV. SEARCHING FOR A NEW PARADIGM; 10. Post-Vietnam Drawdown: The Myth of the Abrams Doctrine; 11. The "Good" Drawdown: The Post-Vietnam Alignment of Resources
- 12. Preaching after the Devil's Death: U.S. Post-Cold War DrawdownEpilogue; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W