From Lexington to Baghdad and Beyond: War and Politics in the American Experience
Decisions about when, where, and why to commit the United States to the use of force, and how to conduct warfare and ultimately end it, are hotly debated not only contemporaneously but also for decades afterward. We are engaged in such a debate today, quite often without a solid grounding in the country's experience of war, both political and military. This book, by a political scientist and a career military officer and historian, is premised on the view that we cannot afford that kind of...
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Updated and revised with new chapters on the Afghan and Iraq wars, this book systematically examines twelve U.S. wars from the revolution to the present day. For each conflict the authors review underlying issues and events; political objectives; military objectives; military objectives and strategy; political considerations; military technology and technique; military conduct, and the ultimate disposition of the ooriginal political goals.
List of MapsPrefaceIntroduction1 War and Political Purpose2 American Revolution3 Civil War4 World War I5 World War II6 Korean War7 Vietnam War8 Persian Gulf War9 Afghanistan and the Post-9/11 Experience10 Iraq War11 America's Minor WarsWar of 1812Mexican WarSpanish-American War12 The American ExperienceSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Authors
