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This work examines that impact that domestic, international, and bureaucratic politics had on four significant shifts in United States Army doctrine between 1954 and 2008
This study shows that although the US Army strives to remain largely apolitical as an institution, it cannot completely escape, nor is it completely immune, from the impact of politics
An understanding of how politics has impacted the Army in the past, can help Army leaders understand the impact that politics may have in the future
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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-intensity conventional warfare to a doctrine that added significant emphasis to high-intensity nuclear warfare; 2) in 1962 it made an even greater shift in the opposite direction toward low-intensity unconventional warfare doctrine; 3) in 1976 it shifted back to an almost exclusive focus on mid-intensity conventional warfare content; 4) and this is where Army doctrine remained for 32 years until 2008, when it made a doctrinal shift back toward low-intensity unconventional warfare – five and seven years into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively. Closely tracking each of these shifts, the author zooms in on specific domestic, international and bureaucratic politics that had a direct impact on these shifts.
Authors and Affiliations
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US Army Garrison, Installation Management Command, West Point, USA
David C. Rasmussen
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: United States Army Doctrine
Book Subtitle: Adapting to Political Change
Authors: David C. Rasmussen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52132-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52131-8Published: 28 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52134-9Published: 29 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52132-5Published: 27 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 144
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, Conflict Studies, International Relations Theory