Us cold war military strategy books

Army marks a major contribution to our understanding of both subjects. The us needs to kick the habit before it destroys itself and the world. In september 1945, fresh from its victory over fascism, the united states faced a new threat possessing the capability of destroying it. Cold war marked a new era for americas military, one dominated by nuclear weapo. Antulio echevarria ii of the us army war college talks us through key books. Explain how and why the cold war emerged in the wake of world war ii. Truman, secret warfare and the cia, 194553 studies in intelligence sarahjane corke on. They contain detailed information and howtos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field.

This book is the first comprehensive, multinational overview of military affairs during the. A military history is the first survey of the period to focus on the diplomatic and military confrontation and conflict. A more accurate title for the book would have been the history of the evolution of the cold war army. An outline of current us nuclear strategy toward both russia and other nations was published as the document essentials of postcold war deterrence in 1995. Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the truman administrations decision to employ covert operations in the cold war. The cold war defense of the united states strategy, weapon systems, and operations john e. The 1968 sovietled invasion of czechoslovakia book and dvd. Toward a new maritime strategy examines the evolution of american naval thinking in the postcold war era. Since world war ii, america has pursued an ambitious and deeply engaged grand strategy meant to shape the global ordera grand strategy that, in many ways, has been profoundly productive for both the united states and the wider world. Rowlands book is a vital contribution to our thinking on naval affairs in the 21st century. United states army field manuals are published by the united states armys army publishing directorate. Baruch should be regarded as the originator of the term cold war within the meaning in which it became universally accepted.

During this time there was a very real danger of a nuclear war between these two groups of countries. America is alone in its cold war with china if the trump administration is truly going all in uncompetitive with beijing. List of military tactics news newspapers books scholar. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read us military strategy and the cold war endgame. To read a comprehensive history of the technical, military and political aspects of the cold war, based on documents from the two superpowers, written by a scholar who is free of bias, is something i never thought i would be able to do. The cold war is the name historians use for the mistrust and bad feeling between the communist ussr and its allies, and the usa and its allies after the end of world war ii. We must understand and respect the darkness and the consequences.

Foreign relations of the united states, 19691976, v. From actionpacked eyewitness accounts such as guadalcanal diary to devastating holocaust memoirs like the diary of anne frank and night to the thrilling espionage tale of operation mincemeat, world war ii is the subject of some of the most fascinating and influential nonfiction books ever written. Influential author walter lippmann wrote many books, including cold war, which in 1947 aided in coining its name. Toward a new maritime strategy not only describes the navys strategic products since the end of the cold war, it also explains how navy culture shapes successive visions of future strategy. President reagans strategy to accelerate the demise of the soviet union consisted of five pillars. The national defense strategy unveiled by pentagon chief james mattis illustrates once again the revanchist cold war mindset dominating washington which is the inevitable expression of the us destructive addiction to militarism. Army historical foundation distinguished book award winner. Marolda, senior historian, naval historical center based on the chapter, cold war to violent peace, in w. Psychological warfare psywar, or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations. Antulio echevarria ii of the us army war college talks us through key books, both old and new, on military strategy. A case study of a successful antiinsurgency operation in the philippines 19461955 u. The british author of 24 books mostly on military history the united states and. List of books and articles about military strategy. Soon after stalin pressed turkey and iran for territorial and other concessions in 1946, truman dispatched battleship missouri bb63, an unmistakable.

A new history by john lewis gaddis, the global cold war by odd arne westad, george f. Jan 23, 2020 the cold war is the name historians use for the mistrust and bad feeling between the communist ussr and its allies, and the usa and its allies after the end of world war ii. Navys maritime strategy, a cooperative strategy for 21st century seapower. American military history, volume 2 the hukbalahap insurrection.

The author talked strategy and tied it to the changes in force structure. Histories that get the big things right should be read for the insights and lessons to be derived from them, no matter if they get smaller things wrong. Bringing together for the first time newly declassified information, miller takes readers inside the arsenals of the superpowers, describing how intercontinental ballistic. The lessons of world war ii became the strategy of the cold war. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. To learn more about brilliant, go to and sign up for free the first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the a. A nuclear war did not erupt, and that is the measure of a successful national strategy. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. The transition from the end of the cold war to a new world order is both promising and perilous. Apr 05, 2017 at the tail end of 1948, a tense year for eastwest relations, international correspondents express the unlikelihood of the cold war becoming an open military confrontation, although the political and ideological rift between the united states and soviet union looks to prolong their conflict for some time to come. During this time there was a very real danger of a.

His most recent books are us defense politics written with eugene gholz and caitlin talmadge and us military innovation since the cold war edited with benjamin friedman and brendan green, both published by routledge. Truman, secret warfare, and the cia, 194553, nicholas dujmovic. An early crisis in the cold war, known as the period of u. In the united states, in the vietnam era in the 1960s, there were growing antiwar. At the tail end of 1948, a tense year for eastwest relations, international correspondents express the unlikelihood of the cold war becoming an open military confrontation, although the political and ideological rift between the united states and soviet union looks to prolong their conflict for some time to come. Clarke pioneered many of the strategies of military deception. World war ii was the biggest conflict in world history, and it profoundly shaped the modern world. Texts about military strategy take us back into the mists of time but what it is.

Jan 20, 2016 top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. Derived from the greek word strategos, the term strategy, when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the art of the general, or the art of arrangement of troops. A military history, david miller, a preeminent cold war scholar, writes insightfully of the historic effects of the military buildup brought on by the cold war and its concomitant effect on strategy. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame ebook written by stephen j. Historical wars series 11 titles lightswitch learning. Aug 09, 2019 the cold war defense of the united states strategy, weapon systems, and operations john e. Since the cold war, the united states has been at a loss to define its national strategy. Jan 14, 2014 us military strategy and the cold war endgame. Jeremy black begins his overview in 1917 and covers the long cold war, from the 7th november revolution to the ongoing. Rand research on military strategy has ranged from issues related to the tactics that lead to success in armed engagements, to work that describes how the size and deployment of one nations military affects its political relationships with others. A military history of the cold war, 19441962 ou press. Us navy capstone strategy, policy, vision and concept documents.

A military history from 1949 to 1991 the terrible potential of the cold war loomed over the united states, the soviet union, and by extension, the rest of the world. List of books and articles about military strategy online. Learning objectives by the end of this section, you will be able to. Us military news update america is alone in its cold war. Strategy may be defined as the general scheme of the conduct of a war, tactics as the planning of means to achieve strategic objectives. By covering the interaction of strategy, organization, doctrine, and technology in the army during this eraas well as the relationship between army doctrine and u.

Sun tzu said that all war is based on deception back in the 4th. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The cold war did not culminate in world war iii as so many in the 1950s and 1960s. Navys key strategic documents from the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 to the release in 2007 of the u. The cold war, which began in 1947 with the uss truman doctrine, marked a shift in us. Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. The wartime alliance between the soviet union and the united states was a marriage of convenience. The seemingcertainty of global nuclear conflict defined and articu. Recent headlines have warned of a new cold war between the us and russia. Beyond this vital contribution, the book also deserves attention by cold war scholars and military historians, as trauschweizer provides an important narrative of the cold war u. Since the publication of the united states and the origins of the cold war in 1972, he has written a half dozen more books on the subject, each time finding a new perspective on the superpower standoff that took place between 1946 and 1991.

Doi link for us military strategy and the cold war endgame. Starry, a retired fourstar general and the chief architect of the cold war military strategy for repelling a tankheavy soviet invasion of western europe, died on aug. Each of these 64page books focuses on a specific conflict, providing. May 06, 2009 in the defense field he has served as a consultant or panel member for a number of government commissions and study groups. So called because it did not include direct military confrontation between soviet and u. It discusses the political and military strategies that u. Texts about military strategy take us back into the mists of time but what it is, and what the nature of war is, remains hotly debated. In the defense field he has served as a consultant or panel member for a number of government commissions and study groups. This is especially true for intelligence histories, because writing them is especially difficult, given the particular challenges. Mcfarland, jefferson, north carolina, 2019, 272 pages. Bringing together for the first time newly declassified information, miller takes readers inside the arsenals of the superpowers. Cold war units in west germany list of united states. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame 1st edition. As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use.

And as long as us prosperity is understood to depend upon the stability of those regions, the united states must pacify them, employing the most prominent and costly feature of its present security strategy. Its not clear that trump himself is fully on board nor its now clear are several of americas closest friends. Yale history professor john lewis gaddis is americas foremost historian of the cold war. Not all theorists of war make this a primary distinction. The following article on the cold war policy of containment is an excerpt from lee edwards and elizabeth edwards spaldings book a brief history of the cold war it. This book will be of great interest to students of strategic studies, us defence politics, military studies, and us politics. No other study explains how regional buddhism, us cold war policies, the asia foundation, and the world fellowship of buddhists helped change conservative thai buddhism into the politically involved institution that it is today. New threats and emerging technologies changed the very character of war and demanded new strategies and an adaptable military to address them. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame by stephen j. The strategic plan that won the cold war the institute of world. Wirtz, coeditor of strategy in the contemporary world this book is of outstanding importance. The us and its nato allies were caught largely unprepared by the rapid collapse of the warsaw pact, the sudden demise of the soviet union and the reunification of germany events that redrew the map of east central europe and shifted us security concerns eastward in eurasia.

More than a quartercentury after the official end of the cold war between the us and the former soviet union, washington has the cheek to label both russia and. By the late 1950s, the united states had sent forces to vietnam and the. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame book. The search for a cold war grand strategy united states army command and general staff college. So, yes indeed, from russiagate to criminalizing russias international commercial trade, the pentagon, us media, and assorted thinktanks are all showing signs of cold war addiction and paranoid delusion. The fall of the berlin wall and the collapse of the former soviet union forced americas armed forces to redefine themselves and codify their role as a key element of national power. Radio free europe was a product of some of the most prominent architects of americas early cold war strategy, especially those who believed that the cold war would eventually be fought by political rather than military means, such as george f. While in itself the naval buildup and forward strategy did not end the cold war, it did fundamentally change what the soviets liked to call the correlation of forces. A saga of churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz.

Cold war strategies of the cold war resource guide. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame taylor. Aug 27, 2019 to learn more about brilliant, go to and sign up for free the first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the a. This book offers explanations for this failure and arguments about the possible range and desirability of military innovation in the postcold war era. The meaning of the phrase is context sensitive, and. Xv, soviet union, june 1972august 1974 foreign relations of the united states, 19691976, v. The best books on military strategy five books expert.