American Culture of War

PART I: Tradition and an Envisioned Future Collide

1 War and Culture: An Analytical Approach

2 The American Practice of War: Cultural Tenets

3 The Legacy of World War II: Man versus Machine

4 Truman, the Cold War, and the National Military Establishment, 1945-1950

5 The Korean War: The Opening Phases, 1950-1951

6 The Korean War: The Final Phases, 1951-1953

PART II: The Eff orts to Adapt to a Nuclear World

7 Eisenhower, the Cold War, and Massive Retaliation, 1953-1960

8 Kennedy, McNamara, and Artificial Limited War, 1961-1963

9 The Vietnam War: The Opening Phases, 1955-1967

10 The Vietnam War: The Final Phases, 1967-1975

PART III: The New American Practice of War: War Without the People

11 The Recovery and Reorganization of the Armed Forces of the United States, 1975-1990

12 The Persian Gulf War: Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991

13 The Persian Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm, 1991

14 Bush's Global War on Terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2011

15 The Second Persian Gulf War: Operation Iraqi Freedom I, the Conventional War, 2003

16 The Second Persian Gulf War: Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency War, 2003-2010

17 Epilogue: Citizenship and War

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• História Militar
• Política e governo
• História das Américas
• História geral e do mundo
• História do século 20 do pós-guerra, de c 1945 a c 2000
• Teoria da guerra e ciência militar
• A Guerra Fria

military sociology;conflict studies;defence policy analysis;civil-military relations;strategic decision making;modern warfare theory;cultural influences on military operations