TY  - BOOK
AU  - PEARLMAN Michael D
TI  - Warmaking and American democracy: the struggle over military strategy, 1700 to the present
SN  - 0700609385 (hbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Lawrence, Kan.,USA
PB  - University Press of Kansas
KW  - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
KW  - FIRST WORLD WAR
KW  - KOREAN WAR
KW  - MILITARY HISTORY
KW  - SECOND WORLD WAR
KW  - SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898
KW  - STRATEGY
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - DEFENCE POLICY
KW  - SECURITY POLICY
KW  - VIETNAM WAR
N2  - 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
ER  -