America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror: Why America Wins Wars and Why They Will Win the War on Terror - Softcover

Schweikart, Larry

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ISBN 10: 0990364968 ISBN 13: 9780990364962

Verlag: PIKE & POWDER, 2015

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Essays on America's military abilities by Larry Schweikart

America’s armed services are under attack. From college campuses to the floor of the Senate, the Iraq war is portrayed as a quagmire, the army is described as "broken," and our men and women in uniform are maligned as torturers.

In America’s Victories, Professor Larry Schweikart restores the truth about our amazing military heritage. Just as he did in his acclaimed previous book, A Patriot’s History of the United States, Professor Schweikart cuts through the distortions passed along by academia and the media.

Far from being a cruel, bloodthirsty nation, eager to acquire other people’s resources, American troops value the sanctity of life more than any military culture in history. This fundamental trait has led, over the last two centuries, to more humane treatment of prisoners, more daring POW rescues, and more effective operations than any comparable power.

America’s Victories explains how this culture of victory has endured through the darkest moments of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and how it has helped our troops prove their critics wrong over and over, from the Battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson to the war in Afghanistan under Tommy Franks.

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Larry Schweikart, a former rock drummer and New York Times bestselling historian, has written on politics, the military, economics and culture for more than two decades. His Patriot's History of the United States, co-authored with Michael Allen, was the #1 Times bestseller in 2010. He has made numerous appearances on television shows ranging from Fox News to C-SPAN to Al-Jazeera. He has also produced a documentary, "Rockin' the Wall" on rock's influence on countries behind the 'Iron Curtain.' Professor Schweikart lives and teaches in Dayton, OH.

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• Verlag: PIKE & POWDER
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0990364968
• ISBN 13: 9780990364962
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274