Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations - Wielding the Terrible Swift Sword (Paperback)

CONTENTS: Introduction Forging the Paradigms The Army Paradigm The Navy Paradigm The Air Power Paradigm Paradigms Triumphant: World War II From Triumph to Crisis: World War II to Vietnam Service Roles and Missions Testing the Paradigms: The Korean War Limited War: A New Paradigm? To the Brink of Crisis Limits of American Power The Years in the Wilderness The Armed Forces The Air Force The Navy The Marine Corps The Army Resurgence Years of Plenty and the Emergence of the Joint Paradigm The Joint Paradigm Triumphant: Panama and the Gulf War A Challenge to the Paradigm: Somalia Conclusion About the Author