Drawdown - 9781479875573

DrawdownThe American Way of Postwar\nAuthor(s): Jason W. Warren\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479875573, 978-1479875573\nSynopsis\nAnalyzes the cultural attitudes, political decisions, and institutions surrounding the maintenance of armed forces throughout American history \n While traditionally, Americans view expensive military structure as a poor investment and a threat to liberty, they also require a guarantee of that very freedom, necessitating the employment of armed forces. Beginning with the seventeenth-century wars of the English colonies, Americans typically increased their military capabilities at the beginning of conflicts only to decrease them at the apparent conclusion of hostilities. In Drawdown: The American Way of Postwar, a stellar team of military historians argue that the United States sometimes managed effective drawdowns, sowing the seeds of future victory that Americans .