How we fight : crusades, quagmires, and the American way of war / Dominic Tierney.
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TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: vii, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780316045155; 0316045152Subject(s): War -- Public opinion | Public opinion -- United States | National characteristics, American | United States -- History, MilitaryDDC classification: 355.00973 LOC classification: E181 | .T54 2010Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 355.00973 TIE 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0000592 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-329) and index.
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.
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.
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