Tierney, Dominic,  1977- <br/><br/>
How we fight :  crusades, quagmires, and the American way of war / 
Dominic Tierney. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Little, Brown and Co.,  2010. 
 - vii, 342 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-329) and index. 
<br/><br/>For liberty and vengeance : the crusade tradition -- Through a glass, darkly : the quagmire tradition -- Birth of a nation -- Heel of Achilles -- To end all war -- When the saints go marching in -- Black gold and black hawks -- The Bush warriors -- The founding tradition. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316045155 0316045152 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010016859 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB098310  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015629565  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War--Public opinion.<br/>Public opinion--United States.<br/>National characteristics, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History, Military.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E181  / .T54 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.00973