How we fight
Subtitle: crusades, quagmires, and the American way of war
By: Dominic Tierney
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780316045155
Subjects: Military History; Public opinion; War; American National characteristics
Description: Examines military conflicts from the Civil War to the present to explore the opposing mindsets that drive Americans to support wars that defend democracy and overthrow tyrants while resisting the necessary work of nation building.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: For liberty and vengeance : the crusade tradition; title: Through a glass, darkly : the quagmire tradition; title: Birth of a nation; title: Heel of Achilles; title: To end all war; title: When the saints go marching in; title: Black gold and black hawks; title: The Bush warriors; title: The founding tradition.