American culture of war : the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom / Adrian R. Lewis

Includes bibliographical references (496-547 pages) and index

Preface to the third edition -- Acknowledgments -- Military map symbols -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Inroductio n -- Part I. Tradition and the envisioned future collide -- 1. War and culture : an analytical approach -- 2. The American practice of war : cultural tenets -- 3. The legacy of World War II : man versus machine -- 4. Truman, the Cold War, and the national military establishment, 1945-1950 -- 5. The Korean war : the opening phases, 1950-1951 -- 6. The Korean war : the final phases, 1951-1953 -- Part II. The effort to adapt to a nuclear world -- 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War, and massive retaliation, 1953-1960 -- 8. Kennedy, McNamara, and artificial limited war, 1961-1963 -- 9. The Vietnam War : the opening phases, 1955-1967 -- 10. The Vietnam War : the final phases, 1967-1975 -- Part III. The new American practice of war : war without the people -- 11. The recovery and reorganization of the armed forces of the United States, 1975-1990 -- 12. The Persian Gulf War : Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991 -- 13. The Persian Gulf War : Operation Desert Storm, 1991 -- 14. Bush's global war on terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2011 -- 15. The second Persian Gulf War : Operation Iraqi Freedom I : the conventional war, 2003 -- 16. The second Persian Gulf War : Operation Iraqi Freedom II : the counterinsurgency war, 2003-2010 -- 17. Epilogue : citizenship and war -- Notes -- Index