United States Army Doctrine Adapting to Political Change
This book argues that the US Army has made four significant shifts in the content of its capstone operations doctrine along a spectrum of war since the end of WWII: 1) in 1954 it made a shift from a doctrine focused almost exclusively on mid-intensit
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United States Army Doctrine
David C. Rasmussen
United States Army Doctrine Adapting to Political Change
David C. Rasmussen US Army Garrison Installation Management Command West Point, NY, USA
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my family most of all for their dedication while I was conducting research and writing this book. My wife Christine encouraged me to pursue this project, and more importantly, to stick with it. Even though there were plenty of weekends and holidays when I would have to tell her that I was, “working on my book report,” she always understood and helped me carve out both the time and space I needed to press on. My son Robert, an international relations graduate from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, helped me tremendously with his vast knowledge, keen insights, and editorial prowess while reviewing and critiquing many of these chapters. My daughter Madeline, now an attorney, while working on her bachelor’s degree, then law degree, and finally bar exam, offered me tremendous moral support as well as commiseration as we both struggled to pass exams, complete papers, and meet deadlines together as we journeyed in parallel toward our respective degrees. I would like to thank my colleagues at the City University of New York Graduate Center Political Science Department collectively. Professor Susan Woodward has been my mentor and role model since I
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