The American Culture of War
A History of US Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom
List Price: $39.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-97975-7
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 12/21/2006
- Pages: 560
- Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Table of Contents
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
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