Warmaking and American Democracy: The Struggle over Military Strategy, 1700 to the Present (Modern War Studies)

By Michael D. Pearlman

Book Overview

While war is most effectively waged as a united effort, the United States has consistently waged military conflict without firm central direction. Throughout our history, observes Michael Pearlman, the waging of war has been subject to continuous bargaining and compromise among competing governments and military factions. What passes for strategy emerged from this process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700609385
• ISBN13: 9780700609383
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
• Length: 441 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"