Drawdown ：The American Way of Postwar ( Warfare and Culture )

Publication subTitle ：The American Way of Postwar

Publication series ：Warfare and Culture

Author： Warren Jason W.  

Publisher： NYU Press‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9781479843145

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781479875573

Subject： D0 Political Theory;E1 The Worlds Military;E19 military history;K7 Americas History

Keyword： 美洲史,军事史,政治理论,世界军事

Language： ENG

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While traditionally, Americans view expensive military structure as a poor investment and a threat to liberty, they also require a guarantee of that very freedom, necessitating the employment of armed forces. Beginning with the seventeenth-century wars of the English colonies, Americans typically increased their military capabilities at the beginning of conflicts only to decrease them at the apparent conclusion of hostilities. In Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, a stellar team of military historians argue that the United States sometimes managed effective drawdowns, sowing the seeds of future victory that Americans eventually reaped. Yet at other times, the drawing down of military capabilities undermined our readiness and flexibility, leading to more costly wars and perhaps defeat. The political choice to reduce military capabilities is influenced by Anglo-American pecuniary decisions and traditional fears of government oppression, and it has been haphazard at best throughout American history. These two factors form the basic American "e;liberty dilemma,"e; the vexed relationship between the nation and its military apparatuses from the founding of the first colonies through to present times.  With the termination of large-scale operations in Iraq and the winnowing of forces in Afghanistan, the United States military once again faces a significant drawdown in standing force structure and capabilities. The political and military debate currently raging arou

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Cover

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The American Way of Postwar: The Liberty Dilemma

PART I. BUILDING THE AMERICAN MILITARY IDEAL

1. The Art of War: Early Anglo-American Translation, 1607–1643

2. Liberty Paradox: The Failure of the Military System in Mid-Seventeenth-Century New England

3. Surprisingly Professional: Trajectories in Army Officer Corps Drawdowns, 1783– 1848

PART II. MANAGING INDUSTRIAL-ERA WARFARE

4. Challenged Competency: U.S. Cavalry before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War

5. The Elusive Lesson: U.S. Army Unpreparedness from 1898 to 1938

6. When the Smoke Clears: The Interwar Years as an Unlikely Success Story

PART III. CONCEPTUALIZING COLD WAR FRAMEWORK

7. Searching for the Greatest Generation’s Army in 1950

8. The Post–Korean War Drawdown under the Eisenhower Administration

9. Once Again with the High and Mighty: “New Look” Austerity, “Flexible Response” Buildup, and the U.S. Army in Vietnam, 1954–1970

PART IV. SEARCHING FOR A NEW PARADIGM

10. Post-Vietnam Drawdown: The Myth of the Abrams Doctrine

11. The “Good” Drawdown: The Post-Vietnam Alignment of Resources

12. Preaching after the Devil’s Death: U.S. Post–Cold War Drawdown

Epilogue

About the Contributors

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