Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, Warren Jason W.
Автор: Warren Jason W. Название: Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar ISBN: 1479875570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479875573 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4514.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Analyzes the cultural attitudes, political decisions, and institutions surrounding the maintenance of armed forces throughout American history While traditionally, Americans view expensive military structure as a poor investment and a threat to liberty, they also require a guarantee of that very freedom, necessitating the employment of armed forces. Beginning with the seventeenth-century wars of the English colonies, Americans typically increased their military capabilities at the beginning of conflicts only to decrease them at the apparent conclusion of hostilities. In Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, a stellar team of military historians argue that the United States sometimes managed effective drawdowns, sowing the seeds of future victory that Americans eventually reaped. Yet at other times, the drawing down of military capabilities undermined our readiness and flexibility, leading to more costly wars and perhaps defeat. The political choice to reduce military capabilities is influenced by Anglo-American pecuniary decisions and traditional fears of government oppression, and it has been haphazard at best throughout American history. These two factors form the basic American “liberty dilemma,” the vexed relationship between the nation and its military apparatuses from the founding of the first colonies through to present times.
With the termination of large-scale operations in Iraq and the winnowing of forces in Afghanistan, the United States military once again faces a significant drawdown in standing force structure and capabilities. The political and military debate currently raging around how best to affect this force reduction continues to lack a proper historical perspective. This volume aspires to inform this dialogue. Not a traditional military history, Drawdown analyzes cultural attitudes, political decisions, and institutions surrounding the maintenance of armed forces.
Описание: The conflict that historians have called King Philip`s War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. Because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience of the conflict has gone largely untold. Jason Warren makes clear in Connecticut Unscathed, this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war.
Автор: Warren Jason Название: Creating Worlds: How to Make Immersive Theatre ISBN: 1848424450 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848424456 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A practical guide to creating successful immersive theatre productions, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.
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