The American way of war: a history of United States military strategy and policy

..". a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required." --History "A particularly timely account." --Kansas City Times "It reads easily but is not a popularized history... nor does the book become a history of battles.... Weigley's analyses and interpretations are searching, competent, and useful." --Perspective Part One: Waging War With Limited Resource, 1775-1815. -- A Strategy Of Attrition: George Washington -- A Strategy Of Partisan War: Nathan Greene -- The Federalists And Jeffersonians. -- Part Two: Young America As A Military Power, 1815-1890. -- The Age Of Winfield Scott -- The Founding Of American Strategic Studies: Dennis Hart Mahan And Henry Wager Halleck -- Napoleonic Strategy: R.e. Lee And The Confederacy -- A Strategy Of Annihilation: U.s. Grant And The Union -- Annihilation Of A People: The Indian Fighters. -- Part Three: Introduction To World Power, 1890-1941. -- A Strategy Of Sea Power And Empire: Stephen B. Luce And Alfred Thayer Mahan -- Strategy And The Great War Of 1914-1918 -- A Strategy Of Air Power: Billy Mitchell -- A Strategy For Pacific Ocean War: Naval Strategists Of The 1920s And 1930s. -- Part Four: American Strategy In Global Triumph, 1941-1945. -- The Strategic Tradition Of A.t. Mahan: Strategists Of The Pacific War -- The Strategic Tradition Of U.s. Grant: Strategists Of The European War -- Part Five: American Strategy In Perplexity, 1945-. -- The Atomic Revolution -- Old Strategies Revisited: Douglas Macarthur And George C. Marshall In The Korean War -- Strategies Of Deterrence And Of Action: The Strategy Of Intellectuals -- Strategies Of Action Attempted: To The Vietnam War. Russell F. Weigley. Reprint Of The Ed. Published By Macmillan, New York, In Series: The Wars Of The United States. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 553-561. Contents Introduction Part One: Waging War with Limited Resources, 1775-1815 1. A Strategy of Attrition: George Washington 2. A Strategy of Partisan War: Nathanael Greene 3. The Federalists and the Jeffersonians Part Two: Young America as a Military Power, 1815-1890 4. The Age of Winfield Scott 5. The Founding of American Strategic Studies: Dennis Hart Mahan and Henry Wager Halleck 6. Napoleonic Strategy: R. E. Lee and the Confederacy 7. A Strategy of Annihilation: U. S. Grant and the Union 8. Annihilation of a People: The Indian Fighters Part Three: Introduction to World Power; 1890-1941 9. A Strategy of Sea Power and Empire: Stephen B. Luce and Alfred Thayer Mahan 10. Strategy and the Great War of 11. A Strategy of Air Power: Billy Mitchell 12. A Strategy for Pacific Ocean War: Naval Strategists of the 1920s and 1930s Part Four: American Strategy in Global Triumph, 1941-1945 13. The Strategic Tradition of A. T. Mahan: Strategists of the Pacific War 14. The Strategic Tradition of U. S. Grant: Strategists of the European War Part Five: American Strategy in Perplexity, 1945- 15. The Atomic Revolution 16. Old Strategies Revisited: Douglas MacArthur and George C. Marshall in the Korean War 17. Strategies of Deterrence and of Action: The Strategy Intellectuals 18. Strategies of Action Attempted: To the Vietnam War Notes Select Bibliography of American Writings on Military Strategy, Theoretical and Historical Index Blank Page