Search Results - "War"

Leaders at war how presidents shape military interventions / by Saunders, Elizabeth N. (Elizabeth Nathan), 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Before and after the Cold War -- The role of leaders : conclusions and implications.…”
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The folly of war American foreign policy 1898-2005 / by Schmidt, Donald E.

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The road to war presidential commitments honored and betrayed / by Kalb, Marvin L.

Table of Contents: “…Truman's war in Korea -- The hatching of an American "commitment" -- Eisenhower: "My God, we must not lose Asia!" …”
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Victory in war foundations of modern strategy / by Martel, William C.

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Confronting the costs of war military power, state, and society in Egypt and Israel / by Barnett, Michael N., 1960-

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From hot war to cold the U.S. Navy and national security affairs, 1945-1955 / by Barlow, Jeffrey G., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Wartime organizational changes in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations -- Initial challenges : postwar and demobilization planning -- The Navy and unification -- The National Security Act achieved -- Preparing for a new enemy -- War ends in the Pacific -- Troubles emerge in postwar China, 1945-1946 -- Assessing and responding to the Soviet naval threat -- Adjusting to the National Military Establishment -- Living in "interesting times" -- Slugging it out on Capitol Hill -- Events in the western Pacific -- Troubles on the Korean Peninsula -- Deciding to fight -- Defending NATO Europe : planning during the initial stages -- The Eisenhower national security structure -- Rethinking national strategy -- Coping with the new look -- A crisis abroad and a CNO's departure.…”
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War by land, sea, and air Dwight Eisenhower and the concept of unified command / by Jablonsky, David

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Making war, thinking history : Munich, Vietnam, and presidential uses of force from Korea to Kosovo / by Record, Jeffrey

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Strategy and command the Anglo-French coalition on the Western Front, 1914 / by Prete, Roy A. (Roy Arnold), 1943-

Subjects: “…World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front.…”
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The deaths of others the fate of civilians in America's wars / by Tirman, John

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars -- American wars and the culture of violence -- Strategic bombing in the Second World War -- The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting -- The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility -- The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy -- Iraq : the twenty years' war -- Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier -- Three atrocities and the rules of engagement -- Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic -- The epistemology of war.…”
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Beginnings of the Cold War arms race the Truman administration and the U.S. arms build-up / by Ojserkis, Raymond P., 1969-

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The fallacies of Cold War deterrence and a new direction / by Payne, Keith B.

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The echo of battle the army's way of war / by Linn, Brian McAllister

“…Army's way of war…”
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Defending neutrality the Netherlands prepares for war, 1900-1925 / by Klinkert, W.

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Borderline : reflections on war, sex, and church / by Goff, Stan

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U.S. military intervention in the post-Cold War era how to win America's wars in the twenty-first century / by Antizzo, Glenn J.

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Small powers in the age of total war, 1900-1940

Table of Contents: “…: the Dutch army leadership and the operational planning during the interwar years / Herman Amersfoort -- Neutrality guard or preparations for war? : the Norwegian armed forces and the coming of the Second World War / T. …”
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A springboard to victory Shandong Province and Chinese communist military and financial strength, 1937-1945 / by Lai, Sherman Xiaogang

Table of Contents: “…The birth of the CCP military-fiscal state in Shandong -- Moving towards confrontation -- Escalation and the CCP's financial framework -- Institutions of economic control -- Pre-Pearl Harbor policy changes -- From the strategies of confrontation to Time-killing -- Perseverance -- Financial pressure, Xu Muqiao, and salt -- Turning point and encroachments -- Accessing the enemy's resources for post-war rivalry -- The campaign to reduce rents and interest rates -- Glossary -- Documents of the CCP central authorities -- Mao Zedong -- Authorities in Shandong -- Documents on economic affairs in wartime Shandong -- Archival materials -- Memoirs, collected works, and scholarly works -- English language sources.…”
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Pyrrhic victory French strategy and operations in the Great War / by Doughty, Robert A.

Subjects: “…World War, 1914-1918 France.…”
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Consent of the damned ordinary Argentinians in the dirty war / by Sheinin, David

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