Joseph T. Glatthaar ( Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History

American Military History

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

In American Military History: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph T. Glatthaar explores the relationship between America and its military from its origins in the thirteen colonies to today's ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 113mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9780199859252
• ISBN-10: 0199859256
• Artikelnr.: 58568156

Autorenporträt

Joseph T. Glatthaar is the Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He received his PhD in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Glatthaar has written eight books, numerous articles, and received sundry prizes, including the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement from the Society for Military History. A past President of the Society for Military History, he has taught at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the University of Houston.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: Citizen-Soldier and Sailor vs. Standing Armed Forces
Chapter 2: The Struggle for Military Professionalism
Chapter 3: Technology, Mechanization, and the World Wars
Chapter 4: The Limits of Power
Conclusion
References
Further Reading
Index