TY - BOOK AU - Linn,Brian McAllister TI - The Echo of Battle: The Army's Way of War SN - 9780674026513 AV - UA25 .L63 2007eb U1 - 355.033573 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Military art and science KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - HISTORY / Military / United States KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue --; 1. Fortress America --; 2. Modern Warfare --; 3. Unconventional Warriors --; 4. Providing for War? --; 5. Dissenting Visions --; 6. Atomic War --; 7. From Reformation to Reaction --; Epilogue --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - From Lexington and Gettysburg to Normandy and Iraq, wars have defined the United States. But after the guns fall silent, the army searches the lessons of past conflicts, developing the strategies, weapons, doctrines, and commanders that it hopes will guarantee future victory. Linn surveys the past assumptions--and errors--that underlie the army's many visions of warfare up to the present day UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674033528 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674033528.jpg ER -