The American Culture of War - Adrian R. Lewis

The American Culture of War

A History of US Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom

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Buch | Hardcover
560 Seiten
2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-97976-4 (ISBN)
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Presents an examination of almost every major American war since 1941: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars. This title offers a look at the motives people and governments used to wage war, the discord among military personnel, and the civilian perceptions that characterized each conflict.
The American Culture of War presents a sweeping critical examination of every major American war since 1941: the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam, and the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars. 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. With each chapter similarly structured to allow the reader to draw parallels between the wars, Lewis deftly traces the evolution of US military strategy since the Second World War. Timely, incisive, and comprehensive, The American Culture of War is a unique and invaluable survey of over sixty years of American military history.


For additional information and classroom resources please visit The American Culture of War companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415979757.

Adrian Lewis is Associate Professor of History and Department Chair at the University of North Texas. He has taught at the Naval War College and at West Point, and is a retired United States Army Major. He is the author of Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory.

Introduction


1. War, Culture, and Genes


2. Traditional American Thinking About the Conduct of War


3. The Legacy of World War II


4. Truman and the Evolution of National Military Strategy and Doctrine


5. The Korean War


6. The Korean War: The Final Phases, 1951–1953


7. Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation


8. Civil-Military Relations and the National Military Command Structure


9. Limited War


10. The Vietnam War


11. The Vietnam War: The Final Phases, 1967–1975


12. The Persian Gulf War


13. The Persian Gulf War: Military Victory and Political Failure


14. The Second Persian Gulf War and the New American Way of War


15. The Second Persian Gulf War: The Unnecessary War


16. The New American Citizenship

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.2.2007
Zusatzinfo 34 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 1134 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-415-97976-5 / 0415979765
ISBN-13 978-0-415-97976-4 / 9780415979764
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