Smith, Gene A., 1963- [Browse]FormatBook LanguageEnglish Published/Created
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Supplementary InformationAuthors:Gene A. Smith (Author), David Coffey (Author), Kyle Longley (Author) Summary:"Main text for the US Military History Course. This text will provide a comprehensive yet clear, concise, and very accessible survey of American military history from colonial times to the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher Print Book, English, 2020 Edition:View all formats and editions Publisher:Oxford University Press, New York, 2020
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “In Harm's Way: A History of the American Military Experience” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem?We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of In Harm's Way by Gene Allen Smith. Thanks for telling us about the problem. In Harm's Way: A History of the American Military Experience In Harm's Way: A History of the American Military Experience offers a fast-paced, highly readable synthesis of modern scholarship on every era of the nation's experience in war. Authors Gene Allen Smith, David Coffey, and Kyle Longley offer a comprehensive, accurate, and nuanced account
of the subject. Covering air, land, and sea power, the book provides a narrative synthe In Harm's Way: A History of the American Military Experience offers a fast-paced, highly readable synthesis of modern scholarship on every era of the nation's experience in war. Authors Gene Allen Smith, David Coffey, and Kyle Longley offer a comprehensive, accurate, and nuanced account of the subject. Covering air, land, and sea power, the book provides
a narrative synthesis and analysis of America's wars and military policies from colonial times to the twenty-first century. Each chapter discusses a different time period, exploring the significant developments that changed military thought during that period and how military operations were influenced by strategic design, tactical capability, and available technology. Issues in Military History sections in each chapter analyze important controversies and debates in American military history,
like the role of race in the Mexican War, whether the American contribution in World War I was decisive, and the dropping of the atomic bomb. In Harm's Way covers political and diplomatic challenges, social and economic changes, philosophical and ideological debates, and technological advances, but--above all--it focuses on the experiences of the American people at war. Published February 8th 2019 by Oxford University Press, USA
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