{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-war-a-history-of-united-states-military-strategy-and-policy-paperback-softback-9780253280299","title":"The American Way of War; A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253280299","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe American Way of War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of United States Military Strategy and Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRussell F. Weigley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253280299\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 January 1960\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e608 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.1 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" . . . a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required.\" —History\u003cbr\u003e \"A particularly timely account.\" —Kansas City Times\u003cbr\u003e \"It reads easily but is not a popularized history . . . nor does the book become a history of battles. . . . Weigley's analyses and interpretations are searching, competent, and useful.\" —Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Waging War With Limited Resources, 1775-1815\u003cbr\u003e 1 A Strategy of Attrition: George Washington\u003cbr\u003e 2 A Strategy of Partisan War: Nathanael Greene\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Federalists and the Jeffersonians\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Young America as a Military Power, 1815-1890\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Age of Winfield Scott\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Founding of American Strategic Studies: Dennis Hart Mahan and Henry Wager Halleck\u003cbr\u003e 6 Napoleonic Strategy: R.E. Lee and the Confederacy\u003cbr\u003e 7 A Strategy of Annihilation: U.S. Grant and the Union\u003cbr\u003e 8 Annihilation of a People: The Indian Fighters\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Introduction to World Power, 1890-1941\u003cbr\u003e 9 A Strategy of Sea Power and Empire: Stephen B. Luce and Alfred Thayer Mahan\u003cbr\u003e 10 Strategy and the Great War of 1914-1918\u003cbr\u003e 11 A Strategy of Air Power: Billy Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e 12 A Strategy for Pacific Ocean War: Naval Strategists of the 1920s and 1930s\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: American Strategy in Global Triumph, 1941-1945\u003cbr\u003e 13 The Strategic Tradition of A.T. Mahan: Strategists of the Pacific War\u003cbr\u003e 14 The Strategic Tradition of U.S. Grant: Strategists of the European War\u003cbr\u003e Part Five: American Strategy in Perplexity, 1945-\u003cbr\u003e 15 The Atomic Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 16 Old Strategies Revisited: Douglas MacArthur and George C. Marshall in the Korean War\u003cbr\u003e 17 Strategies of Deterrence and of Action: The Strategy Intellectuals\u003cbr\u003e 18 Strategies of Action Attempted: To the Vietnam War\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography of American Writings on Military Strategy, Theoretical, and Historical\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656099492120,"sku":"9780253280299","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-american-way-of-war-a-history-of-united-states-military-strategy-and-policy-paperback-softback-9780253280299","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}