How America Goes to WarBloomsbury Academic, 2005 M06 30 - 176 pages With American involvement in Iraq in the forefront of national news coverage and in the minds of many citizens, questions concerning America's involvement in past conflicts have once again arisen. This is the story of how the United States has gone to war and how the evolution of the nation's war-making apparatus has mirrored the nation's rise to global power. It focuses on the president's role as commander-in-chief vis-a-vis Congress from George Washington to George W. Bush. Conflicts range from the War of 1812 to the Mexican and Civil Wars, the two World Wars, conflicts in Southeast Asia, and recent wars in the Middle East. Topics include Congress's role in various wars, the evolution of the War Department to the Department of Defense, as well as developments in weapons, tactics, and strategy. |
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... Europe ) Day as Germany surrendered . With Japan nearly a burning wreck , an Allied conference would convene in Pots- dam , a suburb of ruined Berlin , to implement the controversial Yalta decisions . Stalin would come , as would ...
... Europe : " From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Conti- nent , " he said , and described the relentless march of Soviet power , not only in Eu- rope but wherever Communist parties ...
... European nations formed a mutual military assistance organization to resist the USSR , Truman followed a congressional ... Europe was Gen. Dwight Eisenhower . Hiding behind the nuclear umbrella looked safe enough as Soviet seepage slowed ...
Contents
The Whiskey Rebellion | 1 |
Mr Madisons War | 11 |
The War with Mexico | 21 |
Copyright | |
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