Download or read book The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume I written by Gian Gentile and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a “traditional” U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates and a series of legislative compromises between 1903 and 1940. Volume I traces U.S. military policy from the colonial era through the Spanish-American War.