Military, War, and Society in Modern American History – serie
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Cold War Liberalism
Power in a Time of Emergency
Av Daniel Bessner, Michael Brenes
Häftad, 2026
448 kr
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In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and liberal thought across the North Atlantic world. The essays in this volume examine the history of this important ideology from a variety of perspectives. Whereas most prior works …
Uncertain Warriors
The United States Army between the Cold War and the War on Terror
Inbunden, 2023
444 kr
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In an era where 'history' had supposedly ended, what was an Army for? This question confronted the US Army at the end of the Cold War. Although public support for the military remained high, fewer were sending their children to enlist and questions were raised about the uncertainty of future …
The Age of Youth
American Society and the Two World Wars
Inbunden, 2025
1526 kr
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The Age of Youth tackles the complicated relationship between youth, national security, and education from World War I to World War II. It reveals how the United States created a time-specific political and social category of youth that relied on the expectation that military-age men should devote …
Cold War Liberalism
Power in a Time of Emergency
Av Daniel Bessner, Michael Brenes
Inbunden, 2026
1526 kr
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In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and liberal thought across the North Atlantic world. The essays in this volume examine the history of this important ideology from a variety of perspectives. Whereas most prior works …
A Black Army
Segregation and the US Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941-1945
Inbunden, 2025
449 kr
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From 1941 to 1945, 30,000 African-American infantrymen were stationed at Fort Huachuca near the Mexican border. It was the only 'black post' in the country. Separated from white troops and civilian communities, these infantrymen were forced to accept the rules and discipline that the US Army, …
Pacific's New Navies
An Ocean, its Wars, and the Making of US Sea Power
Inbunden, 2024
1345 kr
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The initial creation of the United States' ocean-going battlefleet – otherwise known as the 'New Navy' – was a result of the naval wars and arms races around the Pacific during the late-nineteenth century. Using a transnational methodology, Thomas Jamison spotlights how US Civil War-era innovations …
Pacific's New Navies
An Ocean, its Wars, and the Making of US Sea Power
Häftad, 2024
468 kr
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The initial creation of the United States' ocean-going battlefleet – otherwise known as the 'New Navy' – was a result of the naval wars and arms races around the Pacific during the late-nineteenth century. Using a transnational methodology, Thomas Jamison spotlights how US Civil War-era innovations …
Warriors in Washington
Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II
Inbunden, 2025
1610 kr
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How did the US Army emerge as one of the most powerful political organizations in the United States following World War II? In this book, Grant H. Golub asserts that this remarkable shift was the result of the Army's political masters consciously transforming the organization into an active …
Warriors in Washington
Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II
Häftad, 2025
511 kr
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How did the US Army emerge as one of the most powerful political organizations in the United States following World War II? In this book, Grant H. Golub asserts that this remarkable shift was the result of the Army's political masters consciously transforming the organization into an active …
Less Than Victory
American Catholics and the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2025
436 kr
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The first book of its kind, Less than Victory explores both the impact the Vietnam War had on American Catholics, and the impact of the nation's largest religious group upon its most controversial war. Through the 1960s, Roman Catholics made up one-quarter of the population, and were deeply …
Waging Peace
A History of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement
Inbunden, 2025
521 kr
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Waging Peace dispels lingering myths of the frequently disregarded Vietnam antiwar movement as dominated by a subversive collection of political radicals and countercultural rebels. This comprehensive history defines a broad movement built around a core of liberal and mainstream activists who …
Teaching US Military History
Av Beth Bailey, Andrew Preston
Inbunden, 2026
1182 kr
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This practical, wide-ranging guide to teaching one of the most popular and challenging fields in US history is written by leading scholars who have extensive classroom experience. Organized around key topics and innovative teaching methods, the essays provide concrete, tested approaches, from …
Teaching US Military History
Av Beth Bailey, Andrew Preston
Häftad, 2026
346 kr
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This practical, wide-ranging guide to teaching one of the most popular and challenging fields in US history is written by leading scholars who have extensive classroom experience. Organized around key topics and innovative teaching methods, the essays provide concrete, tested approaches, from …
Pulp Vietnam
War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines
Inbunden, 2020
712 kr
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In this compelling evaluation of Cold War popular culture, Pulp Vietnam explores how men's adventure magazines helped shape the attitudes of young, working-class Americans, the same men who fought and served in the long and bitter war in Vietnam. The 'macho pulps' - boasting titles like Man's …
Pulp Vietnam
War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines
Häftad, 2022
293 kr
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In this compelling evaluation of Cold War popular culture, Pulp Vietnam explores how men's adventure magazines helped shape the attitudes of young, working-class Americans, the same men who fought and served in the long and bitter war in Vietnam. The 'macho pulps' - boasting titles like Man's …
Dear John
Love and Loyalty in Wartime America
Inbunden, 2022
404 kr
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Are 'Dear John' letters lethal weapons in the hands of men at war? Many US officers, servicemen, veterans, and civilians would say yes. Drawing on personal letters, oral histories, and psychiatric reports, as well as popular music and movies, Susan L. Carruthers shows how the armed forces and …
The Regime Change Consensus
Iraq in American Politics, 1990-2003
Av Joseph Stieb
Inbunden, 2021
905 kr
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Why did the United States invade Iraq, setting off a chain of events that profoundly changed the Middle East and the US global position? The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, …
The Regime Change Consensus
Iraq in American Politics, 1990-2003
Av Joseph Stieb
Häftad, 2022
435 kr
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Why did the United States invade Iraq, setting off a chain of events that profoundly changed the Middle East and the US global position? The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, …
