Major Reforms in the US Military: From the Vietnam War to the Gulf War

Author: [USA] Denis J. Dugan
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: In February 1991, the US military achieved its first battlefield victory in a war with minimal losses. It is worth noting that this was unprecedented. The Great American Military Reforms profoundly reveals how this situation came about. It covers a wide range of themes to understand the historical laxity in U.S. military readiness—from lessons repeatedly learned and then forgotten in successive wars—to the impact of nuclear weapons on military policy after World War II, the terror caused by the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the military posture before, during, and after the Vietnam War. However, what is even more important is that the book emphasizes the significant progress made in the armed forces over the past two decades, which led to the victory in the Gulf War and made future victories possible.