MILLETT – MASLOWSKI : For the common defense (fülszöveg)
For nearly four centuries, from Jamestown and Gettysburg to Santiago, from Belleau Wood and Normandy to Beirut, America's armed forces have fought to repel invaders, reunite our country, and secure our interests, alliances, and ideals. In this sweeping account, Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski provide the most comprehensive and by far the most penetrating history yet published of the military institutions and policies that have ensured our survival from the colonial era to the present.
Combining vivid description and discussion of every major military campaign with authoritative analysis of the political, economic, and social forces that have shaped our defenses, Millett and Maslowski develop several critical themes, including: the political, logistical, and manpower limitations that have consistently influenced military priorities and programs; the firm commitment to civilian control of the armed forces, and the constraints it has sometimes placed on military decisions and actions; the steady professionalization and nationalization of the military since the American Revolution; and the military's reliance on industry and technology to overcome geographic isolation and to counter enemy numbers with increased destructive power.
More than rousing history, For the Common Defense confronts the hard choices America has faced in deciding how to spend the lives and funds of its citizens to provide for their freedom and independence. "Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society," James Madison declared in The Federalist Papers. "It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union." As Millett and Maslowski make clear, it has always been so—and always must be.
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