LEADER 02854nam 2200601 450 001 9910464819003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62616-068-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000128253 035 $a(EBL)1707204 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001234974 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11833710 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001234974 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11222752 035 $a(PQKB)11715800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707204 035 $a(OCoLC)881570750 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37555 035 $a(PPN)226985652 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879493 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000128253 100 $a20140619h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReconsidering the American way of war $eUS military practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan /$fAntulio J. Echevarria II 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cGeorgetown University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (415 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62616-067-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreludes -- 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. 330 $aChallenging 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 606 $aStrategic culture$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aStrategy 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStrategic culture$xHistory. 615 0$aStrategy. 676 $a355/.033573 700 $aEchevarria$b Antulio Joseph$f1959-$01052056 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464819003321 996 $aReconsidering the American way of war$92482986 997 $aUNINA