It is not a mechanistic system amenable to precise, positive control mechanisms or synchronized, centralized systems," said Van Riper and Hoffman. "War has more in common with biological and ecological systems... than with closed ...
The second edition of A Handbook of American Military History delineates the military history of the United States from the Revolutionary War into the opening stages of the twenty-first century war on terrorism.
America's Army: Into the Twenty-first Century
The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century.
Presented with insightful introductions and useful discussion questions, this concise collection of 27 primary documents takes a close look at the United States military and shows how it became entwined with the rise of American national ...
Now in its updated second edition, Ways of War comprehensively explains the place of the military within the wider context of the history of the United States, showing its centrality to American culture, economics, and politics.
Bunker Hill to Bastogne is a unique and timely chronicle of the birth and evolution of elite forces and the American public's reactions to them.
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art, a companion volume to Clayton R. Newell's and Michael D. Krause's On ...
A reference book covering from Colonial Forces, 1607--1773 up to the time of the recent Persian Gulf War. The book links military history with developments in technology and science, and...
He sought to counter the most obvious objections by arguing that his plan, far from imposing entanglement and alliance on the nation, would liberate the country from both by fundamentally overhauling the international system.