Many writers have wrestled with this concept since, outlining the numerous characteristics of the American methodology, addressing the distinction between a way of war and a way of battle, and illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of these characteristics in major conflicts and small wars. Historian Russell Weigley first attempted to define the American approach to conflict in 1973. involvement in Afghanistan winding down, it is perhaps time to examine again the American way of war in order to evaluate its application for future conflicts.
Strategists and military historians have written prolifically on the topic of an American way of war. A nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools.
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