Publication

This monograph examines the principal characteristics and ideas associated with the "American way of war", both past and present. The author argues that the United States does not yet have a way of war. What it does have, however, is a "way of battle". Moving from a way of battle toward a way of war will require some fundamental rethinking about the roles of the grammar and logic of war, about the nature of US civil-military relations, and about the practical resources necessary to translate military victory into strategic success.