America's Armed Forces: A Handbook of Current and Future Capabilities

by Robert E. Connor Jr. and Sam C. Sarkesian

This handbook by 14 well-known experts provides an overall analysis of U.S. military strengths and weaknesses in the 1990s and needs at the turn of the century. The first part of the book covers the U.S. armed forces under the Department of Defense and the military chain of command. The second half of the book deals with the American way of war, different military conflicts, and noncombat contingencies. The introduction defines national security concepts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313290121
• ISBN13: 9780313290121
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"