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Jun 30, 2020 · A New Way of War, Inspired by the Past. The United States is not the first power to face this challenge. Before the age of American hegemony, it was Great Britain who ruled interests the sun never set on.
- Toward an American Way of War
- FOREWORD
- SUMMARY
- A Way of War Uniquely American?
- A Way of Battle.
- New American Way of War?
- Whose American Way of War?
- Toward a Way of War.
- TOWARD AN AMERICAN WAY OF WAR
- Whose American Way of War?
Antulio J. Echevarria Dr. SSI Follow this and additional works at: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs
The American way of war has been much written about over the years. That literature is remarkable for its explicit and implicit consensus regarding the overriding characteristics of the American approach to warfare--aggressive, direct, and focused on achieving decisive victory. A way of war implies thinking about conflict holistically, from prewar ...
Understanding of the American approach to warfare begins with historian Russell Weigley’s classic work, The American Way of War. He concluded that the American style of waging war centered primarily on the idea of achieving a crushing military victory over an opponent. Americans—not unlike many of their European counterparts—considered war an alter...
Much of what Weigley said about the American way of war would apply to the German, French, or British methods of warfare as well. Yet, the picture he presents is incomplete. Hence, one would do well to consider Max Boot’s Savage Wars of Peace, which contends that Americans actually practiced another way of war with regard to history’s “small wars”—...
While these two interpretations approach the American tradition of warfare from different perspectives, they agree in one very critical respect: the American way of war tends to shy away from thinking about the complicated process of turning military triumphs, whether on the scale of major campaigns or small-unit actions, into strategic successes. ...
growing amount of defense literature refers to a so-called new style of American warfare that emphasizes “precision firepower, special forces, psychological operations, and jointness,” rather than overwhelming force. The characteristics bear a conspicuous resemblance to the qualities of “speed, jointness, knowledge, and precision” that underpin the...
OSD recently took unqualified possession of the emerging American way of war, and began supplanting the traditional grammar of war with a new one. However, this new grammar— which focuses on achieving rapid military victories—was equipped only to win battles, not wars. Hence, the successful accomplishment of the administration’s goal of building a ...
To move toward a genuine way of war, American military and political leaders must address two key problems. First, they must better define the respective roles and responsibilities of the logic and grammar of war, and, in the process, take steps that will diminish the bifurcation in American strategic thinking. Second, political and military leader...
Serious inquiry into the American approach to waging war began in the early 1970s with the publication of Russell Weigley’s The American Way of War.1 Examining how war was thought about and practiced by key U.S. military and political figures from George Washington to Robert McNamara, Weigley concluded that, except in the early days of the nation’s...
Interestingly, while the debate appeared caustic at times, soldiers, policymakers, and academics actually agreed on more than they realized. All maintained, for instance, that military victory on at least some scale was a prerequisite for strategic success. They also saw war in general, and the military tool in particular, as an imperfect means for...
- Antulio J. Echevarria
- 2004
Nov 17, 2011 · Rather, the American way of war is twofold: one is a tactical “way of battle” involving a style of warfare where distinct American attributes define the use of force; the other is a strategic “way of war,” attuned to the whims of a four year political system, a process not always conducive to turning tactical victories into strategic ...
The American way of war, Weigley says, is an appetite for annihilating the enemy, a brutal massing of power to overwhelm the foe in totality. Given the options between a war of attrition and a war of crushing victory, Americans have chosen the latter.
The American Way of War. Five books that examine national security and the technology of death. Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6 min read By: Victor Davis Hanson. William Shawcross, the British journalist, historian, and human rights advocate—once a fierce critic of the Nixon-Kissinger years, now a defender of the West’s struggle against ...
Jun 12, 2019 · America needs a way of war that isn’t predicated on historically anomalous imbalances in national power, but rather is suited for long-term competition with great powers with capable militaries and substantial non-military power.
Apr 25, 2019 · The American way of war – which necessarily as per our particular strategic culture means the military’s approach to warfighting, regardless of level under consideration – leads and often is nearly the entirety of modern U.S. experience in irregular conflict.
