The other face of battle : America's forgotten wars and the experience of combat

The other face of battle : America's forgotten wars and the experience of combat

America's forgotten wars and the experience of combat

New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.

xi, 257 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

355.00973 L482 2021

(OCoLC)1197723181

Contents: Introduction : enemies of another sort -- The Battle of the Monongahela : Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755 -- Interlude I. An American army of expansion -- The Battle of Manila, February 4-5, 1899 -- Interlude II. Fighting "small" wars -- Makuan/Operation Dragon Strike, September 15-17, 2010 -- The other face of battle : preparing for the wrong war.
Examinis the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries, including the battle in 1755, George Washington and other Anglo-American soldiers were overwhelmed by French and Indian irregulars at the Monongahela, with profound consequences for how Americans viewed comat in succeeding generations ... --Book jacket.
"The Battle of the Monongahela : Braddock's defeat, July 9, 1755": p. [20]-73.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-244) and index.
L2022M11

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