Modern U.S. Civil-Military Relations

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Forging the Paradigms
The Army Paradigm
The Navy Paradigm
The Air Power Paradigm
Paradigms Triumphant: World War II
From Triumph to Crisis: World War II to Vietnam
Service Roles and Missions
Testing the Paradigms: The Korean War
Limited War: A New Paradigm?
To the Brink of Crisis
Limits of American Power
The Years in the Wilderness
The Armed Forces
The Air Force
The Navy
The Marine Corps
The Army
Resurgence
Years of Plenty and the Emergence of the Joint Paradigm
The Joint Paradigm Triumphant: Panama and the Gulf War
A Challenge to the Paradigm: Somalia
Conclusion
About the Author