The Great Military Of The Nation State

“For the Common Defense, a military history of the United States from 1607-2012” is a military historic book written by Allan R. Millet, Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis. Millet is a historian and a retired colonel of the Marine Corps. Maslowski is a professor at the University of Nebraska. Feis is a professor at Buena Vista University. This book was published in September 2012. It focuses on chronologically describing the changes of the United States military for over 400 years. Even though that is the main purpose, it does include political information. Although this book does not have an exact thesis, its purpose is to inform readers of the creation and enhancements of the US military. At almost 700 pages, this book educates about

At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army had little to no artillery of their own. It was not until May 10th, 1775, when Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to attack Fort Ticonderoga. The attack was small, surprising the British garrison while they slept. This was the also first American victory of the Revolutionary War, which led to the Continental Army to acquire much needed artillery that would eventually help in the Continental Army’s ability to manufacture their own cannons. The most useful piece of artillery were lightweight, which gave them the ability to easily maneuver on the battlefield by carriages, and traveled with the armies to be used as anti-personnel weapons. Not

Professor Freeman, in her lecture titled: “The Logic of a Campaign (or, How in the World Did We Win?)”, talks about “logistical” problems that the British Army faced. First and foremost was the simple problem of supply and demand; regarding both fighting men and basic supplies. England was an ocean away and America’s ports were not always welcoming. Second was the actual lay of the land. British forces were not accustomed to fighting over such a vastly spread out region, nor were the accustomed to guerilla style warfare (Freeman).

A) The title of the book is The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War and the author is Andrew Bacevich. The book was published in New York, New York by the publisher Oxford University Press in the year 2005. It is the first edition and contains 270 pages.

Where once citizens were soldiers defending their lands, the army became filled with

In the book “ For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012” by Allan R. Millett , Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis tell their readers about all the major historical events that occurred in the United States and how they either brought up or brought down the United States later in the future. The authors organize the book by listing the historic events in chronological order. The authors built the structure of the book by using a large vocabulary and by having a formal tone in order to catch their audience attention which are professors and/or students. The purpose of this book is to inform and educate others on the major historic events that occurred in the United States so that they will have a better understanding on the events that built up the Unites States.

Knowing the importance of maintaining combat troops in theater, an efficient supply system was created, giving boots to the ground soldiers the advantage over their foes. The technological advances in transportation enhanced the Army’s supply system to move goods almost overnight. Army forces through mutual interdependence rely upon joint capabilities, air and maritime, to deliver sustainment to the theater of operations (US Army, 2012). The United States Army supply system is the most efficient in the world. We can move troops into the theater and sustain them indefinitely.

In the thirty years after the War of 1812, the United States gradually and painstakingly developed its army from a nascent confederation of independent state militiamen, volunteers, and a disproportionately smaller group of regular soldiers into a corporate body of professionals with seemingly common standards of training, doctrine, and, arguably, discipline. Referred to as the “Thirty Year’s Peace,”

Logistics is the planning and moving of supplies, food, equipment and people from the point of the supplier to the place/people who need them. The military operations of the British suffered significantly because of a logistical system that was not able to sustain supply lines. The 3000-mile journey that the supplies had to make from the host country to the New World was an instance when this supply system failed the British. This inability would sometimes be caused by weather that “struck convoys and the ships would be forced to turn back or be diverted to other places. Others would continue on with the journey and then have to wait for the weather to break while their cargoes rotted” or died, and would not make it to the New World. Additional causes would be “profiteering, poor supply procedures and privateering” (McCoy, 2012).

The Continental Army under the command of George Washington, while in the midst of the war on the British during the American Revolutionary war, employed militia as a supplementary force to help defeat their adversary. The hybrid threat here exists within the relationship between a conventional force (the Continental Army) and an unconventional force (the militia). Now, the hybrid threat text says that militia closely resembles or parallels the definition of paramilitary, but can also be an extension of a nation-state’s armed forces as well. In either case, the hybrid threat exists.

Every four years when a president is elected into office, no matter the country, it is vital that the running is fair and follows the rules set out by the country. However, when writing about such a topic it is also important to view all sides of the potential argument and provide evidence that both discredits the opposing view and supports the point the author is attempting to prove. This allows the reader to know that every possibility has been researched and both sides have been viewed, but that the author is correct when stating their stance on the matter.

Currently, the United States military is drawing down from thirteen years of sustained combat operations in two different countries: Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Throughout this period of time, millions of veterans, as well as support personnel, have been deeply influenced by the dramatic effects of modern warfare. These individuals have knowingly and willingly sacrificed a tremendous amount – in thousands of cases, their lives. For those that do return, a vast number face difficulty regarding their mental health; however, this is not solely due to exposure to combat. As these individuals return home from the combat theater and separate from active duty military service, they often find

The United States Armed Forces is one of the largest, strongest, and most versatile military forces. Its elite capabilities derives from budgeting, alliance with other nations, and integration of a branches. This volunteer based force is a complex combination of men and women from all walks of life willing to lay forward their lives for this great nation foreign and domestic. Since the tragedy of September 11, the US military has been on high alert with their main focus on the War on Terrorism within Iraq and Afghanistan. Known for its ability to fight and win wars abroad, the US forces has lack the ability to conquer its own internal war on sexual assault and harassment. Named the invisible war, it is consider the most shameful and well-kept

An examination of how Britain supplied its army, Great Britain could not sustain the Army neither could the colonies (McCoy, 2012). The failure of the British Army supply system demonstrates how the status of essential commodities

The military revolution was a direct outcome of changes in the virtuosity of war between 1560 and 1660. The changes crucially influenced campaigning and combat in Europe during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The most influential alterations included transformation in weapons, growth in the army size, change in tactics and organization, and centralization of the states’ bureaucracies. There were many battles in the late 17th and early 18th centuries that were highly influenced by the implications of the military revolution, for example, the Battles of Hogue, Danube, and Blenheim. These altercations started a development for military superiority and increased proficiency that enabled Europe to dominate the world long after the Wars of the Spanish Succession. However, I would like to emphasize that those victories mentioned above were heavily influenced by the skills of the commanding individuals and their roles in the military organizational system rather than a full internalization of the revolution’s implications overall. The Duke of Marlborough is a great example of an individual overweighting the flaws of the late 17th century logistical systems to his advantage. By comparison, France’s failure to understand and implement the alterations eventually enabled the rise of Britain’s at the French expense.