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The echo of battle : the army's way of war / Brian McAllister Linn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Linn, Brian McAllister.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Military art and science--United States--History--20th century.
- Military art and science.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Other Title:
- Army's way of war
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From Lexington and Gettysburg to Normandy and Iraq, wars have defined the United States. But after the guns fall silent, the army searches the lessons of past conflicts, developing the strategies, weapons, doctrines, and commanders that it hopes will guarantee future victory. Linn surveys the past assumptions--and errors--that underlie the army's many visions of warfare up to the present day.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Fortress America
- 2. Modern Warfare
- 3. Unconventional Warriors
- 4. Providing for War?
- 5. Dissenting Visions
- 6. Atomic War
- 7. From Reformation to Reaction
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674033528
- 0674033523
- OCLC:
- 1013950092
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