From Lexington to Desert Storm and Beyond : War and Politics in the American Experience

A tactical history of America's various military involvements. Chapters address: issues and events; political objectives; military objectives and strategies; political considerations; military technology and techniques; and military conduct. This second edition is revised and updated. This revision of Snow and Drew's unique and highly successful survey text is far more than a tactical history of America's various military involvements. For each American war the book covers political goals and outcomes, political and military strategies and techniques, technological influences, and combat operations. For this revision, the authors have added a new final chapter that deals with American military experience since Desert Storm, emphasizing Somalia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Haiti.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Donald M. Snow is professor of political science at the University of Alabama. He is the author and coauthor of over twenty-five books in the fields of foreign and defense policy and international relations. His most recent titles include International Relations: The Changing Contours of Power and Uniter States Foreign Policy: Politics Beyond the Water's Edge (both with Eugene Brown), The Shape of the Future: World Politics in a New Century, and When America Fights: The Uses of American Military Force.

Col. Dennis M. Drew (USAF, retired) is a professor of Military Theory, Strategy, and Doctrine at Air University, and serves as the Vice Commandant and Associate Dean of the university's Advanced Airpower Studies. Colnel Drew is the author, coauthor or editor of five books and the author of numerous books chapters, monographs, and journal articles concerning military affairs.

More than tactical military history, this book covers political goals and outcomes, political and military strategies and techniques, technological influences, as well as combat operations. Each of these factors is considered separately for each American war, so that the book can be used "vertically" to provide an integrated history of each war, or "horizontally" to survey a particular aspect of America's wars over time.This edition has been significantly updated throughout, and features a new chapter dealing with American military experience since Desert Storm, emphasizing Somalia, Kosovo, and Bosnia. Discusses each conflict the United States has been engaged in (from Lexington at the start of the Revolutionary War to Somalia, Kosovo, and the end of the Cold War) using military policy of the time as well as events of the time to analysis each war