How We Fight: Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War
Autor Dominic Tierneyen Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 2012
How We Fight explores the extraordinary double-mindedness with which Americans approach war and articulates the opposing perspectives that have governed our responses throughout history: the “crusade” tradition, or our love of grand quests to defend democratic values and overthrow tyrants; and the “quagmire” tradition, or our resistance to the work of nation-building and its inevitable cost in dollars and American lives.
How can one nation be so split? Studying conflicts from the Civil War to the present, Dominic Tierney uncovers the secret history of American foreign policy and provides a frank and insightful look at how Americans respond to the ultimate challenge. And he shows how U.S. military ventures can succeed. His innovative model for tackling the challenges of modern war suggests the possibility of enduring victory in Afghanistan and elsewhere by rediscovering a lost American warrior tradition.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780803243965
ISBN-10: 0803243960
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 7 photographs, 8 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Nebraska Paperback
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0803243960
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 7 photographs, 8 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Nebraska Paperback
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
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Notă biografică
Dominic Tierney is an associate professor of political science at Swarthmore College, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and an official correspondent at the Atlantic. He is the author of Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics and FDR and the Spanish Civil War: Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle That Divided America.
Cuprins
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 For Liberty and Vengeance: The Crusade Tradition
Chapter 3 Through a Glass, Darkly: The Quagmire Tradition
Chapter 4 Birth of a Nation
Chapter 5 Heel of Achilles
Chapter 6 To End All War
Chapter 7 When the Saints Go Marching In
Chapter 8 Black Gold and Black Hawks
Chapter 9 The Bush Warriors
Chapter 10 The Founding Tradition
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“Lucid and entertaining. . . . A provocative analysis of why Americans love some wars and hate others.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Writing in colloquial style, this college professor accessibly frames questions arising from Iraq and Afghanistan about why victories have often been followed by occupations.”—Booklist
“[Tierney’s] work here will be a useful addition to the literature of culture and war.”—Library Journal
“Highly recommended.”—Choice
“Tierney’s is a welcome voice in the trade press literature on American wars. He captures the essence of America’s history of warfare and presents it in a digestible, yet sophisticated and historically rich way. . . . Interesting, engaging, compelling, and even entertaining to a broader audience.”—Jon Western, Mt. Holyoke College
“Writing in colloquial style, this college professor accessibly frames questions arising from Iraq and Afghanistan about why victories have often been followed by occupations.”—Booklist
“[Tierney’s] work here will be a useful addition to the literature of culture and war.”—Library Journal
“Highly recommended.”—Choice
“Tierney’s is a welcome voice in the trade press literature on American wars. He captures the essence of America’s history of warfare and presents it in a digestible, yet sophisticated and historically rich way. . . . Interesting, engaging, compelling, and even entertaining to a broader audience.”—Jon Western, Mt. Holyoke College
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In HOW WE FIGHT, author and scholar Dominic Tierney investigates the way in which American society views war, identifying specific traditions that take hold of the nation at different moments in conflicts. By looking closely at American warfare from the founding to the present, Tierney shows how consensus ways of thinking about armed struggle emerged over two centuries to become accepted wisdoms. He reveals how the crusader and quagmire traditions have shaped American foreign policy time and again, encouraging military campaigns for far-reaching goals, and cultivating a national allergy toward nation-building. As we fight two wars right now and possibly prepare for a third, Americans are trying to understand this new era of terrorism and counter-insurgency. HOW WE FIGHT then, is a remarkable, necessary book that reveals how American culture and power steer popular attitudes toward conflict. And it tells us how, when that next fight comes, Americans will respond, what they will demand from their commander-in-chief--and whether they'll rally behind the cause--or ultimately come to view the war as a disastrous mistake.
In HOW WE FIGHT, author and scholar Dominic Tierney investigates the way in which American society views war, identifying specific traditions that take hold of the nation at different moments in conflicts. By looking closely at American warfare from the founding to the present, Tierney shows how consensus ways of thinking about armed struggle emerged over two centuries to become accepted wisdoms. He reveals how the crusader and quagmire traditions have shaped American foreign policy time and again, encouraging military campaigns for far-reaching goals, and cultivating a national allergy toward nation-building. As we fight two wars right now and possibly prepare for a third, Americans are trying to understand this new era of terrorism and counter-insurgency. HOW WE FIGHT then, is a remarkable, necessary book that reveals how American culture and power steer popular attitudes toward conflict. And it tells us how, when that next fight comes, Americans will respond, what they will demand from their commander-in-chief--and whether they'll rally behind the cause--or ultimately come to view the war as a disastrous mistake.