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Military History for the Modern Strategist - America's Major Wars Since 1861 (Hardcover)
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Military History for the Modern Strategist - America's Major Wars Since 1861 (Hardcover)
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The tragic conclusion to the war in Afghanistan - America's longest
and one of its most frustrating - serves as a reminder that the
United States too often is at war, and sometimes fails to achieve
its short-term or long-term aims. In this timely book, esteemed
military expert Michael O'Hanlon examines America's major conflicts
since the mid-1800s: the Civil War, the two World Wars, Korea,
Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In this new, concise book, he
addresses profound questions. How successful has the United States
been when it waged these wars? Were the wars avoidable? Did
America's leaders know what they were getting into when they
committed to war? And what lessons does history offer for future
leaders contemplating war -including the prospects for avoiding war
in the first place. The book does not tell stories at the ground
level -the day-to-day tactics and human bravery and perseverance
that since ancient times have made warfare so tragically
fascinating. Instead, the book presents America's major wars on a
conceptual level, focusing on strategies, key decisions, innovative
technologies and the dynamics that shaped their outcomes. O'Hanlon
looks for overarching trends and themes, along with the lessons for
the military strategists and political leaders of today and
tomorrow. O'Hanlon's unique book - combining brevity and clarity
with a broad conceptual approach -is an important one for students
of security studies at universities and war colleges as well as
generalist policymakers.
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