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Author : Andrew J. Bacevich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112104107757
Author : Andrew J. Bacevich,National Defense University,NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:150473798
In his history of the Army in the years between the Korean and Vietnam wars, Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Bacevich. US Army, accents the Army's mindfulness of the implications of nuclear warfare. The Army's concern, reflecting a complex mixing of institutional, strategic, and operational considerations, led to major changes in Army organization, doctrine, and weapons. The author argues that during these years, the Army not only survived an institutional identity crisis-grappling to comprehend and define its national security role in a subsequently directed the Army to perform. Viewing itself as an instrument for intervention in highly politicized conflicts of limited scale would have enabled the Army over the long run to equip, organize, and train its soldiers in ways far more pertinent to what they actually have been called on to do.
Author : A. J. Bacevich,National Defense University Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788121502
An analysis of the Army1s post-Korea, pre-Vietnam era. Discusses the Army1s concern about the implications of nuclear warfare between the Korean and the Vietnam war. The author argues that during these years, the Army not only survived an institutional identity crisis, but grew to meet new challenges by pioneering the development of rockets and missiles. 25 photos and figures. Extensive bibliography. Index.
Author : A. J. Bacevich
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1478267267
This essay is a brief history of the U.S. army during the years immediately following the Korean War. For many in our own time that period-corresonding to the two terms of the Eisenhower presidency-has acquired an aura of congenial simplicity. Americans who survived Vietnam, Watergate, and painful economical difficulties wistfully recall the 1950s as a time when the nation possessed a clearly-charted course and had the will and the power to follow it.
Author : Department of Defense,U. S. Military,U. S. Government
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1521185913
Although atomic weapons helped win World War Two in the Pacific, they raised the question of whether these weapons altered the nature of warfare, or simply warfare's destructive dimensions. Responsibility for nuclear weapons development became a central issue in US service politics, particularly between the Army and Air Force during the early years of the Eisenhower administration. In his history of the Army in the years between the Korean and Vietnam wars, Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Bacevich, US Army, accents the Army's mindfulness of the implications of nuclear warfare. The Army's concern, reflecting a complex mixing of institutional, strategic, and operational considerations, led to major changes in Army organization, doctrine, and weapons. The author argues that during these years, the Army not only survived an institutional identity crisis--grappling to comprehend and define its national security role in a nuclear age--but grew to meet new challenges by pioneering the development of rockets and missiles. This analysis of the Army's post-Korea, pre-Vietnam era contributes valuable insights to the study of recent US military history. Especially important is the caution that military professionals temper their enthusiasm for technological progress with an eye to those elements of warfare that remain changeless.This is a brief history of the US Army during the years immediately following the Korean War. For many in our own time that period -- corresponding to the two terms of the Eisenhower presidency -- has acquired an aura of congenial simplicity. Americans who survived Vietnam, Watergate, and painful economic difficulties wistfully recall the 1950s as a time when the nation possessed a clearly-charted course and had the will and the power to follow it. However comforting such views may be. the reality was far different. Many segments of America experienced the 1950s as anything but a Golden Age. Prominent among this group was the Army. Instead of the "good old days," the Army found the Eisenhower era to be one of continuing crisis. New technology, changing views of the nature of war, and the fiscal principles of the Eisenhower administration produced widespread doubts about the utility of traditional land forces. As Army officers saw it, these factors threatened the well-being of their Service and by implication endangered the security of the United States.This essay explores the nature of those threats and of the Army's response to them. By design, this essay is selective and interpretive. It does not provide a complete narrative of events affecting the Army after Korea. It excludes important developments such as foreign military assistance, the growth of Army aviation, and the impact of alliance considerations on American military policy. As a result, the history that follows is neither comprehensive nor definitive. What value it may possess derives instead from its explication of themes that retain some resonance for an Army in later decades confronted with its own challenges.A great institution like the Army always is in transition. And though the character of reform is seldom as profound as the claims of senior leaders or the Army Times may suggest, in the 1950s change often matched the hyperbole of its advocates. The Army found itself grappling for the first time with the perplexing implications of nuclear warfare; seeking ways of adapting its organization and doctrine to accommodate rapid technological advance; and attempting to square apparently revolutionary change with traditional habits and practical constraints of the military art. In retrospect, we may find fault with the Army's response to these challenges. If so, we have all the more reason to concern ourselves with how the Service derived the answers that it did. To a striking extent, challenges similar to those of the 1950s have returned to preoccupy the Army today.
Author : Robert A. Doughty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112003275200
Author : Brian McAllister Linn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674973756
When the Army drafted Elvis in 1958, it set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI trained for nuclear warfare. Brian Linn traces the origins, evolution, and ultimate failure of the army’s attempt to reinvent itself for the Atomic Age, and reveals the experiences of its forgotten soldiers.
Author : John B. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112040285550
Author : Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Armies
ISBN : 9781428915831
Author : John J. Mcgrath
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781105056154
This book looks at several troop categories based on primary function and analyzes the ratio between these categories to develop a general historical ratio. This ratio is called the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio. McGrath's study finds that this ratio, among types of deployed US forces, has steadily declined since World War II, just as the nature of warfare itself has changed. At the same time, the percentage of deployed forces devoted to logistics functions and to base and life support functions have increased, especially with the advent of the large-scale of use of civilian contractors. This work provides a unique analysis of the size and composition of military forces as found in historical patterns. Extensively illustrated with charts, diagrams, and tables. (Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press)
Author : Jan Hoffenaar,Dieter Krüger,David T. Zabecki
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813139821
While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia, the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the end of World War II to the beginning of détente. Informed by material from recently opened archives, this collection investigates the perceptions and actions of the rival coalitions, exploring the challenges presented by nuclear technology, examining how military commanders' perceptions changed from the 1950s to the 1960s, and discussing logistical coordination among allied states. The result is a detailed study that offers much-needed new perspectives on the military aspects of the early Cold War.
Author : Andrew J. Bacevich,Eliot A. Cohen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231500524
More than any other episode since the end of the Cold War, the conflict in Kosovo revealed the distinctive attributes of a new American "way of war." In so doing, Kosovo also brought into sharp focus the military, political, and moral dilemmas confronting a liberal democracy intent on wielding preeminent power on a global scale. What are the moral implications posed by waging high-tech warfare for humanitarian purposes? Does the precedent set by intervention of this type point toward peace and stability or toward more war? How well suited are the United States military and American society as a whole to the security challenges of the age of globalization? According to Bacevich and Cohen, gauging the "success" achieved in Kosovo yields important answers to these and related questions. The volume includes a well-crafted historical overview of the war and six essays that place it in a broader context. The contributors explore the conflict's relationship to U.S. grand strategy, the Revolution in Military Affairs, and American civil-military relations, among other topics. Contributors: William A. Arkin, Andrew J. Bacevich, Eliot A. Cohen, Alberto R. Coll, James Kurth, Anatol Lieven, Michael Vickers
Author : Andrew J. Bacevich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015050916462
Author : Christopher M. Gacek
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0231096569
This study examines the disparities between the two dominant American political-military approaches to the use of force as an instrument of foreign policy. The first approach argues that if force is employed, it should be used at whatever level necessary to achieve decisive military objectives. The second approach argues that certain limits to the use of force may be necessary and acceptable. Case studies illustrate how the basic disagreements between the two approaches influence policy-making and military decisions. Included in the text is discussion of Vietnam, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia and the former Yugoslavia.
Author : Donald A. Carter
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050685325
This illustrated book that includes tables, charts, and maps primarily discusses the role of USAREUR (US Army Europe) in rearming and training the new German Army which was perhaps the Army's single greatest contribution toward maintaining security in Western Europe. Likewise, the relationship between American soldiers and their French and West German hosts evolved over time and is a critical element in telling the story of the US Army in Europe.