Author : Steven T. Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1135243182
In late 1945, it became clear that the Soviet Union was an aggressive power. American military planners began to develop strategies to deal with the frightening possibility of a war with the Soviet Union. This work examines those plans.
Author : Kevin Lippert
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1616894601
A humorous history of simmering tensions between the US and Canada from the War of 1812 to actual invasion plans drawn up by both sides. It’s known as the world’s friendliest border. Five thousand miles of unfenced, unwalled international coexistence and a symbol of neighborly goodwill between two great nations: the United States and Canada. But just how friendly is it really? In War Plan Red, the secret “cold war” between the United States and Canada is revealed in full and humorous detail. With colorful maps and historical imagery, the breezy text walks the reader through every aspect of the long-running rivalry—from the “Pork and Beans War” between Maine and Newfoundland lumberjacks, to the “Pig War” of the San Juan Islands, culminating with excerpts from actual declassified invasion plans the Canadian and US militaries drew up in the 1920s and 1930s.
Author : Edward S Miller
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,5 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1612511465
Based on twenty years of research in formerly secret archives, this book reveals for the first time the full significance of War Plan Orange—the U.S. Navy's strategy to defeat Japan, formulated over the forty years prior to World War II.
Author : Steven T. Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1135291349
By the close of the 19th century, the United States was no longer a continental power, but had become a nation with interests that spanned the globe from the Caribbean to China. Consequently, the country faced a new set of strategic concerns, ranging from enforcing the Monroe Doctrine to defending the Philippines. As a result of the United States' new geostrategic environment, the armed services had to establish a system for the creation of war plans to defend the country's interests against possible foreign aggression. A Joint Army and Navy Board, established in 1903, ordered the creation of war plans to deal with real and potential threats to American security. Each major country was assigned a colour: Germany was Black, Great Britain Red, Japan Orange, Mexico Green and China Yellow. War plans were then devised in case Washington decided to use force against these or other powers.
Author : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1317702514
The origins of the First World War remain one of the greatest twentieth century historical controversies. In this debate the role of military planning in particular and of militarism in general, are a key focus of attention. Did the military wrest control from the civilians? Were the leaders of Europe eager for a conflict? What military commitments were made between the various alliance blocks? These questions are examined in detail here in eleven essays by distinguished historians and the editor’s introduction provides a focus and draws out the comparative approach to the history of military policies and war plans of the great powers.
Author : Richard F. Hamilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0521110963
This collection of essays by international experts in military history reassesses the war plans of 1914 in a broad diplomatic, military, and political setting.
Author : Milan Rai
Publisher : Verso
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2002-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781859845011
Examining the United States' hidden role in the collapse of the U.N. weapons inspection agency, UNSCOM, this book demonstrates that a war with Iraq would be in violation of international law and could precipitate a world recession with dire consequences for the world's poor.
Author : Vojtech Mastny
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 37,20 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1136011900
This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective. Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the strategic competition between the superpowers. They present conclusions about the nature of the Soviet threat that could previously only be speculated about and analyze the interaction between military matters and politics in the alliance management on both sides, with implications for the present crisis of the Western alliance. This new book will be of much interest for students of the Cold War, strategic history and international relations history, as well as all military colleges.
Author : Henry G. Gole
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
The author's findings will cause readers to reconsider long accepted "truths" about military planning before World War II and to reevaluate some of the now fifty-year-old findings of the Green Books."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Steven T. Ross
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588260086
This documentary sourcebook of actual U.S. war plans traces the nation's political and strategic goals from the contemplation of war against Japan and Germany in November of 1938 to Eisenhower's March 1945 plan for the defeat of Germany and the conquest of Japan. For the first time, the major strategic - e.g., ABC-1 and Rainbow 5 - and operational - e.g., Torch, Husky, Plan Dog, Fortitude, and Cartwheel - war plans of the U.S. military pertaining to WWII are presented in one volume. Ross sets each plan in its strategic and operational context with an explanatory and analytical introduction. For the first time, the major strategic and operational war plans of the U.S. military pertaining to WWII are presented in one volume.
