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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: American military
    sub title: a concise history
  name:
    name part: Glatthaar, Joseph T.
    name part: 1956-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  abstract: Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military has been an omnipresent part of America. In "The American Military: A Concise History," Joseph T. Glatthaar explores this relationship from its origins in the thirteen colonies to today's ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. During the Revolutionary War, tension grew between local militias and a standing army. The Founding Fathers attempted to strike a balance, enshrining an army, navy and a "well-regulated militia" in the Constitution. The United States soon witnessed the rise of a professional military, a boon to its successes in the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War. However, after the Civil War, the United States soon learned that the purpose of a peacetime army is to prepare for war. When war did arrive, it arrived with a vengeance, gutting the trenches of the Great War with effective innovations, including tanks, planes, machine guns and poison gas. The United States embraced the technology that would win both world wars and change the nature of battle in the Second World War. The nuclear era brought encounters defined by stalemate, from the Cold War conflicts of Korea and Vietnam to the the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since 9/11, the United States has been frustrated by unconventional warfare, including terrorism and cyberwar, largely negating the technological advantage it had held. Glatthaar examines all these challenges, looking to the future of the U.S. military and its often proud and complicated legacy.
  table of contents: Citizen soldier and sailor vs. standing armed forces -- The struggle for military professionalism -- Technology, mechanization, and the world wars -- The limits of power -- Conclusion.
  note: Joseph T. Glatthaar.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Armed Forces
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: History, Military
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Military / General
  classification: UA23 .G638 2018
  classification: 355.00973
  identifier: 9780190692810
  identifier: 0190692812
  identifier: 2018000396
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 180108
    record change date: 20181024083334.0
    record identifier: in00003994790