From Lexington to Baghdad and Beyond: War and Politics in the American Experience - Couverture rigide

Snow, Donald M; Drew, Dennis M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0765624028 ISBN 13 : 9780765624024

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Donald M Snow Dennis M Drew

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Decisions about when, where, and why to commit the United States to the use of force, and how to conduct warfare and ultimately end it, are hotly debated not only contemporaneously but also for decades afterward. We are engaged in such a debate today, quite often without a solid grounding in the country's experience of war, both political and military. This book, by a political scientist and a career military officer and historian, is premised on the view that we cannot afford that kind of innocence. Updated and revised with new chapters on the Afghan and Iraq wars, the book systematically examines twelve U.S. wars from the revolution to the present day. For each conflict the authors review underlying issues and events; political objectives; military objectives and strategy; political considerations; military technology and technique; military conduct, and 'the better state of the peace', that is, the ultimate disposition of the original political goals.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0765624028
• ISBN 13: 9780765624024
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 354