Clausewitz and America: Strategic Thought and Practice from Vietnam to Iraq

by Stuart Kinross

This book demonstrates how Clausewitzian thought influenced American strategic thinking between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

Carl von Clausewitz's thought played a part in the process of military reform and the transition in US policy that took place after the Vietnam War. By the time of the 1991 Gulf War, American policy makers demonstrated that they understood the Clausewitzian notion of utilizing military force to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041556963X
• ISBN13: 9780415569637
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"