Making the Forever War
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21st-century wars
aerial bombing strategy
Afghanistan War commentary
American interventionism
American military history
American political discourse on war
Andrew Bacevich commentary
antiwar historical scholarship
Asian Cold War conflicts
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Cold War military strategy
consequences of permanent war
costs of military supremacy
covert military operations
critical military studies
critique of U.S. militarism
domestic consequences of war
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essays on war and power
ethics of military intervention
evolution of air warfare
global military power
global response to U.S. power
hidden costs of war
historical analysis of empire
history of drone warfare
history of U.S. wars
impact of militarism on democracy
Iraq War
Iraq War analysis
Korean War
Korean War history
legacy of imperial power
media coverage of conflict
Middle East wars
militarization of American society
military surveillance expansion
modern combat technology
modern U.S. conflicts
patterns of U.S. warfare
politics of endless war
post-911 wars
precision strike history
remote warfare tactics
scholarship on U.S. foreign relations
strategic bombing campaigns
Twentieth Century America
Twenty-First Century America
U.S. foreign policy analysis
U.S. global dominance
U.S. hegemony debate
U.S. imperial ambitions
U.S. war culture
U.S. wars abroad
unmanned military technology
Vietnam War
Vietnam War scholarship
war and national identity
war and public inattention
war fatigue in American politics
works on military history criticism
Product details
- ISBN 9781625345684
- Weight: 355g
- Dimensions: 151 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2021
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so little attention to this militarism?
Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent 'forever' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich.
Making the Forever War brings Young's articles and essays on American war together for the first time, including never before published works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more recent 'forever' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich.
Marilyn B. Young (1937-2017) was a renowned historian of American foreign relations and a longtime professor of history at New York University. Her landmark book The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990 remains a defining work in the field.
Mark Philip Bradley is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of International History and the College at the University of Chicago and author of The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century.
Mary L. Dudziak is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University and author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences.
Mark Philip Bradley is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of International History and the College at the University of Chicago and author of The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century.
Mary L. Dudziak is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University and author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences.
