1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786688803321

Autore

Echevarria Antulio J., II, <1959->

Titolo

Reconsidering the American way of war : US military practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan / / Antulio J. Echevarria II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62616-068-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033573

Soggetti

Strategic culture - United States - History

Strategy

United States Military policy Case studies

United States History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preludes -- American ways of war: turns in interpretation -- American strategic culture: an elusive fiction -- American military art: a misleading analogy -- American military practice: -- The Revolutionary War to the Mexican War -- The Civil War to the Boxer Rebellion -- The Caribbean Wars to the Korean Conflict -- The Guatemalan Coup to the War on Terror -- Conclusions and observations.

Sommario/riassunto

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 mil



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132605303321

Autore

Dofny Jacques

Titolo

Une société multipolaire / / Jacques Dofny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2008

ISBN

1-4123-6466-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 pages)

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales ; ; 3385

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

International economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia