Military History for the Modern Strategist

Military History for the Modern Strategist
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9780815740681
ISBN-13 : 0815740689
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Book Synopsis Military History for the Modern Strategist by : Michael O'Hanlon

Download or read book Military History for the Modern Strategist written by Michael O'Hanlon and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent conclusion to the war in Afghanistan — America’s longest and one of its most frustrating — serves as a vivid reminder of the unpredictability and tragedy of war. In this timely book, esteemed military expert Michael O’Hanlon examines America’s major conflicts since the mid-1800s: the Civil War, the two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Now updated with a new preface that addresses the Revolutionary War and brief observations on three other conflicts in U. S. History, O’Hanlon’s unique book — combining brevity and clarity with a broad conceptual approach —serves as an important treatment of America’s military history at the strategic and theater of operations levels. It should appeal to students of security studies and military history at universities and war colleges as well as generalists. He addresses profound questions. How successful has the United States been when it waged these wars? Were the wars avoidable? Did America’s leaders know what they were getting into when they committed to war? And what lessons does history offer for future leaders contemplating war? O’Hanlon looks for overarching trends and themes, along with the lessons for the military strategists and political leaders of today and tomorrow, including the observation that war is usually far more difficult than expected, and that its outcomes are rarely predictable.


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