Warmaking and American democracy: the struggle over military strategy, 1700 to the present

PEARLMAN Michael D

Warmaking and American democracy: the struggle over military strategy, 1700 to the present - Lawrence, Kan.,USA: University Press of Kansas, 1999 - 441p. - Modern war studies .

Claims to be the "first comprehensive study of American war strategy in its domestic context." The author compares the military thinking from different eras and points out the recurring difficulties of presidents and commanding generals to compose a common strategy. This is a military history of the Unites State's major conflicts, which relates strategies and campaigns to policy goals and means.

0700609385 (hbk.): 45.00 US


AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
FIRST WORLD WAR
KOREAN WAR
MILITARY HISTORY
SECOND WORLD WAR
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898
STRATEGY
UNITED STATES--DEFENCE POLICY
UNITED STATES--MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES--SECURITY POLICY
VIETNAM WAR