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Reconsidering the American Way of War
Author | : Antulio J. Echevarria II |
Publsiher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2014-05-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781626160682 |
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Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force. Contrary to many popular sentiments, Echevarria finds that the American way of war is not astrategic, apolitical, or defined by the use of overwhelming force. Instead, the American way of war was driven more by political considerations than military ones, and the amount of force employed was rarely overwhelming or decisive. As a scholar of Clausewitz, Echevarria borrows explicitly from the Prussian to describe the American way of war not only as an extension of US policy by other means, but also the continuation of US politics by those means. The book’s focus on strategic and operational practice closes the gap between critiques of American strategic thinking and analyses of US campaigns. Echevarria discovers that most conceptions of American strategic culture fail to hold up to scrutiny, and that US operational practice has been closer to military science than to military art. Providing a fresh look at how America’s leaders have used military force historically and what that may mean for the future, this book should be of interest to military practitioners and policymakers, students and scholars of military history and security studies, and general readers interested in military history and the future of military power.
The American Way of War
Author | : Russell F. Weigley |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 025328029X |
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" . . . a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required." —History "A particularly timely account." —Kansas City Times "It reads easily but is not a popularized history . . . nor does the book become a history of battles. . . . Weigley's analyses and interpretations are searching, competent, and useful." —Perspective
Reconsidering the American Way of War
Author | : Antulio J. Echevarria II |
Publsiher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2014-05-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781626160675 |
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Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force. Contrary to many popular sentiments, Echevarria finds that the American way of war is not astrategic, apolitical, or defined by the use of overwhelming force. Instead, the American way of war was driven more by political considerations than military ones, and the amount of force employed was rarely overwhelming or decisive. Echevarria discovers that most conceptions of American strategic culture fail to hold up to scrutiny, and that US operational practice has been closer to military science than to military art. This book should be of interest to military practitioners and policymakers, students and scholars of military history and security studies, and general readers interested in military history and the future of military power.
The American Way of War
Author | : Russell Frank Weigley |
Publsiher | : New York : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Strategic culture |
ISBN | : UOM:39015007698312 |
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In this authoritative and controversial study, Russel F. Weigley traces the emergence of a characteristic American way of war - in which the object of military strategy has come to mean total destruction of the enemy, first of his armed forces, often of the whole fabric of his society.
Toward an American Way of War
Author | : Antulio Joseph Echevarria |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Strategy |
ISBN | : UVA:X004783518 |
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The author examines the principal characteristics and ideas associated with the American way of war, past and present. He argues that Americans do not yet have a way of war. What they have is a way of battle. Moving from a way of battle toward a way of war will require some fundamental rethinking about the roles of the grammar and logic of war, about the nature U.S. civil-military relations, and about the practical resources necessary to translate military victory into strategic success.
War s Logic
Author | : Antulio J. Echevarria II |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2021-02-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107091979 |
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Surveys how American strategic theorists have understood the nature and character of war in the twentieth century.
The American Way of War
Author | : Eugene Jarecki |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2008-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781416544562 |
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From the acclaimed creator of the award-winning documentary "Why We Fight" comes a deeply thought-provoking and revelatory examination of the deepest roots of American war-making and its troubling implications for the fate of American democracy.
Toward an American Way of War
Author | : Antulio Joseph Echevarria |
Publsiher | : Strategic Studies Institute |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Strategy |
ISBN | : 1584871563 |
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The author examines the principal characteristics and ideas associated with the American way of war, past and present. He argues that Americans do not yet have a way of war. What they have is a way of battle. Moving from a way of battle toward a way of war will require some fundamental rethinking about the roles of the grammar and logic of war, about the nature U.S. civil-military relations, and about the practical resources necessary to translate military victory into strategic success.