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Demystifying the American Military : Institutions, Evolution, and Challenges since 1789 / Paula G. Thornhill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thornhill, Paula G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--History.
- United States.
- Armed Forces.
- History.
- United States--History, Military.
- History, Military.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I: The basics: U.S. military organizations and their people
- Military services, organizational integration, and civilian oversight
- Those who serve and the uniforms they wear
- Part II: The common defense and America's military
- America's military: creation and early challenges
- Fighting to preserve the Union: the Civil War and its aftermath
- The military services in transition, 1880-1917
- The common defense moves over there: World War I and its aftermath
- Global expeditionary conflict, 1941-1945
- The services' struggles for relevance in the atomic age, 1945-1949
- Containment and the emergence of two militaries: the Cold War, 1950-1973
- The military's revitalization and redemption: the Cold War, 1974-1991
- Return to an expeditionary military, 1991-2001
- The military the nation has, 2001-2017.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thornhill, Paula G., author. Demystifying the American Military
- ISBN:
- 9781682470732
- 1682470733
- OCLC:
- 1047663864
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