The Land Warfare Papers, No. 32, August 1999: America's First Cold War Army, 1945-1950
Arlington, VA: Institute of Land Warfare, 1999. Reprint Edition. 29, wraps, endnotes, covers slightly soiled. Reprint of the 1993 Association of the United States Army Land Warfare paper on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. The performance of the U.S. Army in the opening months of the Korean War revealed significant training and structural weaknesses. The reason for this degradation lies in major changes in post-World War II defense policy and budgets, including the fundamental and far-reaching reorganization of the defense establishment. Condition: very good.
Keywords: Korean War, Cold War, Military Training, Military Policy, Military Budget, Mil. Organization, Demobilization, Modernizatio C. Marshall
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