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