In harms way a history of the american military experience

Smith, Gene A., 1963- [Browse]FormatBook LanguageEnglish Published/​Created

  • New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
  • ©2020
Descriptionxx, 524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Subject(s)United StatesHistory, Military [Browse]Author
  • Coffey, David, 1960- [Browse]
  • Longley, Kyle [Browse]
Summary note"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. Bibliographic referencesIncludes bibliographical references and index. ContentsIntroduction: an American way of war -- Surviving in a wilderness, 1585-1676 -- Competing for a continent, 1565-1763 -- 'Tis time to part, 1763-1776 -- Maintaining independence, 1777-1782 -- Securing the republic, 1782-1812 -- Empire of expansion, 1810-1849 -- Disunion, 1849-1861 -- Hard war, 1862-1865 -- Reconstruction and conquest, 1865-1890 -- Empire and intervention, 1890-1917 -- The Great War and beyond, 1917-1940 -- Saving the world from evil, 1939-1945 -- War without mercy: fighting in the Pacific, 1942-1945 -- Different kind of war: the early Cold War and the Forgotten War, 1945-1951 -- From the top of the world to a quagmire, 1953-1975 -- The endless wars: the Cold War and beyond, 1975-present ISBN
  • 9780190210793 ((pbk.))
  • 0190210796 ((pbk.))
LCCN 2018032486 OCLC1061864106 Statement on language in descriptionPrinceton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...

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Authors: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

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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.

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Published February 8th 2019 by Oxford University Press, USA

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