Ways of War

American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century
3. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-24561-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1145 g

Now in its third edition, Ways of War is a comprehensive guide to United States military history and its wider relationship to American society, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

This volume remains an accessible and compelling textbook for students and instructors, combining traditional “drum and bugle” history with “war and society” approaches to highlight the military’s influence on American culture, economics, and politics. The new edition contains over 60 maps, both new and revised, to further illustrate military battles, campaigns, and operations. Each chapter also includes a wealth of images alongside chapter timelines identifying key events, text boxes providing biographical information and first-person accounts, and short bibliographies. The final two chapters have been fully updated to include vital material on the end of the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021, as well as information on new military technology and artifical intelligence that have changed warfare in recent years.

Written by experienced instructors and designed to maximize student engagement, the third edition of Ways of War remains an essential text for American military history and war and society courses.

Instructor and student resources for this book include a test bank of multiple choice, discussion, and essay questions; interactive timelines; annotated and expanded bibliographies for each chapter; and chapter glossaries and flashcards.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muehlbauer, Matthew S.

Ulbrich, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Early Colonization and Conflict, 1607–1689 2. Wars Imperial & Regional, 1689–1763 3. The American Revolution, 1763–83 4. Challenges in the Early Republic, 1783–1815 5. Expansion, 1815–1865 6. The American Civil War: Confederate Defiance, 1861–63 7. The American Civil War: Union Triumph, 1863–65 8. Transitions, 1865–1902 9. Early Twentieth Reforms and the Great War, 1902–1918 10. Transformations in the Interwar Years, 1918–1941 11. Mobilizing for the Second World War, 1941–1943 12. Winning the Second World War, 1943–1945 13. National Security in the Early Cold War, 1945–60 14. Confrontations in the Cold War, 1960–73 15. From Cold War to Pax Americana to Uncertainty, 1973–2017 16. Global War on Terror and Global Uncertainty, 2001–2024

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew S. Muehlbauer is currently a War Gaming Specialist supporting the Naval War College's War Gaming Department, USA. He previously taught military history and other topics at the U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a number of civilian institutions.

David J. Ulbrich is the Academic Director of the Master of Arts in History and Military History Programs at Norwich University, USA. He is co-editor of The Routledge History of Global War and Society and co-author of the sixth edition of World War II: A Global History.