{"product_id":"2940148926962","title":"Armed Diplomacy: Two Centuries of American Campaigning","description":"The first annual military history symposium sponsored by the US Army Training and\u003cbr\u003eDoctrine Command (TRADOC) and hosted by the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort\u003cbr\u003eLeavenworth, Kansas, took place in August 2003. It brought together an outstanding\u003cbr\u003egroup of civilian historians and military officers for the purpose of discussing a variety of\u003cbr\u003ehistorical case studies and the ways in which they illuminate current military issues and\u003cbr\u003eoperations. As the subtitle of the symposium indicates, the topics spanned two centuries\u003cbr\u003eof American campaigning, ranging from the Army’s “nation-building” activities during\u003cbr\u003ethe Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South and the trans-Mississippi West; through\u003cbr\u003eUS counterguerrilla warfare in the American Civil War, the Philippines, Korea, and Latin\u003cbr\u003eAmerica; to the US occupation of Germany after World War II and American interventions\u003cbr\u003ein Mexico, China, Russia, Panama, and Afghanistan. Without exception, the presentations\u003cbr\u003ewere thought provoking and elicited lively discussion among the attendees.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains most of the presentations made at the symposium. The entire\u003cbr\u003esymposium program can be found at appendix A. The presentations can also be found at\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;,\u003cbr\u003ethe CSI website for the conference. A few presentations do not appear in these pages,\u003cbr\u003egenerally for one of two reasons. Either they were not designed for publication, or they\u003cbr\u003ewere still awaiting clearance for publication when the time arrived to send the present\u003cbr\u003evolume to the printer. Concerning the latter category, once a presentation has received\u003cbr\u003eclearance for publication, it will be posted on the cited web site.\u003cbr\u003eThe first annual military history symposium was an enlightening experience, both intellectually\u003cbr\u003eand practically, for those who attended. We hope the readers of this volume\u003cbr\u003ewill share in that experience, even as we begin finalizing arrangements for the second\u003cbr\u003eannual conference, “Turning Victory Into Success: Military Operations After the Campaign,”\u003cbr\u003eto be held in September 2004. As we look forward to the upcoming symposium,\u003cbr\u003ewe at Fort Leavenworth would like to thank what was in 2003 the Doctrine, Concepts,\u003cbr\u003eand Strategy Directorate at TRADOC, specifically Major General Michael Vane and\u003cbr\u003eColonel Michael Starry, US Army, Retired, for providing the support that made the first\u003cbr\u003eannual conference possible.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180190122224,"sku":"2940148926962","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148926962_p0.jpg?v=1763710108","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148926962","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}