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Author Buley, Benjamin, 1978-

Title The new American way of war : military culture and the political utility of force / Benjamin Buley
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2007

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Description xiii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
Series LSE international studies
LSE international studies.
Contents Introduction: American ways of war, old and new -- 1 No substitute for victory: the separation of politics and strategy in the American military tradition -- 2 The science of strategy: war as a political instrument in the nuclear age -- 3 Overwhelming force: the American military and the memory of Vietnam -- 4 Immaculate Destruction: the impact of 9/11 on American military culture -- 5 The new American way of war: vision and reality in Afghanistan and Iraq -- Conclusion: the rise and fall of the new American way of war
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sociology, Military -- United States.
Strategy.
War.
Political culture -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
LC no. 2007014370
ISBN 9780415429955 (cloth : alk. paper)
0415429951