9781626160675-1626160678-Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

ISBN-13: 9781626160675
ISBN-10: 1626160678
Author: Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages
Category: Engineering
FREE US shipping on ALL non-marketplace orders
Rent
35 days
from $26.09 USD
FREE shipping on RENTAL RETURNS
Marketplace
from $28.76 USD
Buy

From $18.48

Rent

From $26.09

Book details

ISBN-13: 9781626160675
ISBN-10: 1626160678
Author: Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages
Category: Engineering

Summary

Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan (ISBN-13: 9781626160675 and ISBN-10: 1626160678), written by authors Antulio J. Echevarria II, was published by Georgetown University Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Engineering books. You can easily purchase or rent Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Engineering books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $12.8.

Description

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.

Rate this book Rate this book

We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book