02854nam 2200601 450 991046481900332120200520144314.01-62616-068-6(CKB)3710000000128253(EBL)1707204(SSID)ssj0001234974(PQKBManifestationID)11833710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001234974(PQKBWorkID)11222752(PQKB)11715800(MiAaPQ)EBC1707204(OCoLC)881570750(MdBmJHUP)muse37555(PPN)226985652(Au-PeEL)EBL1707204(CaPaEBR)ebr10879493(EXLCZ)99371000000012825320140619h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReconsidering the American way of war US military practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan /Antulio J. Echevarria IIWashington, District of Columbia :Georgetown University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (415 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62616-067-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 milStrategic cultureUnited StatesHistoryStrategyUnited StatesMilitary policyCase studiesUnited StatesHistory, MilitaryElectronic books.Strategic cultureHistory.Strategy.355/.033573Echevarria Antulio Joseph1959-1052056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464819003321Reconsidering the American way of war2482986UNINA