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Drawdown - The American Way of Postwar (Hardcover)
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Drawdown - The American Way of Postwar (Hardcover)
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Analyzes the cultural attitudes, political decisions, and
institutions surrounding the maintenance of armed forces throughout
American history While traditionally, Americans view expensive
military structure as a poor investment and a threat to liberty,
they also require a guarantee of that very freedom, necessitating
the employment of armed forces. Beginning with the
seventeenth-century wars of the English colonies, Americans
typically increased their military capabilities at the beginning of
conflicts only to decrease them at the apparent conclusion of
hostilities. In Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, a stellar
team of military historians argue that the United States sometimes
managed effective drawdowns, sowing the seeds of future victory
that Americans eventually reaped. Yet at other times, the drawing
down of military capabilities undermined our readiness and
flexibility, leading to more costly wars and perhaps defeat. The
political choice to reduce military capabilities is influenced by
Anglo-American pecuniary decisions and traditional fears of
government oppression, and it has been haphazard at best throughout
American history. These two factors form the basic American
“liberty dilemma,” the vexed relationship between the nation
and its military apparatuses from the founding of the first
colonies through to present times. With the termination of
large-scale operations in Iraq and the winnowing of forces in
Afghanistan, the United States military once again faces a
significant drawdown in standing force structure and capabilities.
The political and military debate currently raging around how best
to affect this force reduction continues to lack a proper
historical perspective. This volume aspires to inform this
dialogue. Not a traditional military history, Drawdown analyzes
cultural attitudes, political decisions, and institutions
surrounding the maintenance of armed forces.
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