John D. Caldwell

Anatomy of Victory (eBook, ePUB)

Why the United States Triumphed in World War II, Fought to a Stalemate in Korea, Lost in Vietnam, and Failed in Iraq

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Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking book provides the first systematic comparison of America's modern wars and why they were won or lost. John D. Caldwell uses the World War II victory as the historical benchmark for evaluating the success and failure of later conflicts. Unlike WWII, the Korean, Vietnam, and Iraqi Wars were limited, but they required enormous national commitments, produced no lasting victories, and generated bitter political controversies. Caldwell comprehensively examines these four wars through the lens of a strategic architecture to explain how and why their outcomes were so dramatically different. He defines a strategic architecture as an interlinked set of continually evolving policies, strategies, and operations by which combatant states work toward a desired end. Policy defines the high-level goals a nation seeks to achieve once it initiates a conflict or finds itself drawn into one. Policy makers direct a broad course of action and strive to control the initiative. When they make decisions, they have to respond to unforeseen conditions to guide and determine future decisions. Effective leaders are skilled at organizing constituencies they need to succeed and communicating to them convincingly. Strategy means employing whatever resources are available to achieve policy goals in situations that are dynamic as conflicts change quickly over time. Operations are the actions that occur when politicians, soldiers, and diplomats execute plans. A strategic architecture, Caldwell argues, is thus not a static blueprint but a dynamic vision of how a state can succeed or fail in a conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538114780
• Artikelnr.: 53800195

Autorenporträt

By John D. Caldwell

Inhaltsangabe

Maps, Figures, and Table Preface Acknowledgments PART I: STRATEGIC
ARCHITECTURES: INTRODUCTION PART II: WORLD WAR II 1 Battle of Britain:
Winning by Not Losing 2 Battle of the Atlantic: Protecting the Maritime
Lifeline 3 Invasion of Russia: Hitler's Strategic Mistake 4 Battle of El
Alamein and Operation Torch: Cracking German Invincibility 5 Battles of
Midway and Guadalcanal: Regaining Initiative in the Pacific 6 Strategic
Bombing Offensive: Breaking German Airpower 7 Invasion of Italy: Deciding
to Fight Somewhere in Europe in 1943 8 D-Day and the Battle for Normandy:
Retaking the Continent 9 Battle for the Rhine: Attacking Germany's Vitals
10 Battle of Okinawa and the Bombing of Japan: Ending the War 11 The
Strategic Architectures of World War II PART III: THE KOREAN WAR 12 Battle
of the Pusan Perimeter: Getting the Most Out of a Bad Situation 13
Inchon-Operation Chromite: MacArthur's Masterstroke 14 Crossing the 38th
Parallel and Driving North to the Yalu: The Risks of Overreaching 15
Operations Ripper and Killer: Recovery and Frustration 16 The Strategic
Architectures of the Korean War PART IV: THE VIETNAM WAR 17 Battle of the
Ia Drang Valley: Not Fighting the Decisive Battle 18 Bombing Campaign and
High-Tech Initiatives: Operations Rolling Thunder and Igloo White Airpower
and Technology Indecisive 19 The Pacification Program (1967-1968): Failing
to Change Behavior 20 The Tet Offensive (1968): Strategic Disaster 21
Vietnamization: Never a Winning Strategy 22 The Final Years (1969-1975):
The Losing Path 23 The Strategic Architectures of the Vietnam War PART V:
THE IRAQI WARS 24 Iraqi War I, Persian Gulf War: Defeating Saddam, Losing
Politically 25 Iraqi War II, Thirteen-Year Air Conflict: The Limits of
Airpower 26 Iraqi War III, Invasion of Iraq: Winning without an Endgame 27
Iraqi War IV, the Insurgency and the Surge (2007-2008): Relearning
Counterinsurgency 28 Iraqi War V, the Rise of ISIS: A New, More Violent
Enemy 29 The Strategic Architectures of the Iraqi Wars PART VI: STRATEGIC
ARCHITECTURES: THE ENDGAME Acronyms and Selected Glossary Notes Selected
Bibliography Index