{"product_id":"precision-a-history-of-american-warfare-9781526178046","title":"Precision: A History of American Warfare","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe think of precision warfare as a modern invention, closely associated with the Gulf War, the Kosovo Campaign and drone technologies. But its origins go back much further in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs historian James Patton Rogers reveals, this quest to achieve precision in war began in 1917, during the early years of powered flight in the United States. This means that precision has been a significant, if not always achievable, feature of American strategic thought for more than a hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatton Rogers takes readers on a journey through the twentieth century, highlighting the innovative thinkers of the First World War, the experimental technologies of the Second World War and the surprising Cold War nuclear strategies that made precision the dominant feature it is today. From Russia’s offensive war in Ukraine to Libya, Ethiopia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the conflicts of the twenty-first-century are being fought with precision weapons. Patton Rogers answers two enduring questions: why has precision been such a defining feature of US military thinking? And how has this ambition shaped public and military perceptions of war today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘James Patton Rogers’ history of precision warfare is a veritable tour de force, extraordinarily well researched and written in ways that will make it imperative reading for military historians and strategists but accessible and enriching for the public as a whole.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Kreps, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrones: What Everyone Needs to Know\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Patton Rogers’s in-depth historical study shows exactly why precision bombing was far from easy for us to achieve during the Second World War and why it remains difficult today.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles J. ‘Chuck’ Richardson, Second World War veteran and author of \u003ci\u003e35 Missions to Hell and Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Patton Rogers’s book plugs the gap in the historiography of America’s development of precision air power, demonstrating how the contested nuclear strategy through the 1950s and 1960s influenced the evolution of America’s precision ethos. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of American airpower.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher J. Fuller, author of \u003ci\u003eSee It\/Shoot It: The Secret History of the CIA’s Lethal Drone Program\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant, and in places gripping, history of the US military’s quest to achieve precision in warfare.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo Farrell, author of \u003ci\u003eUnwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A must-read book for those wishing to understand how America has made war for over one hundred years.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Kennedy-Pipe, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The content is original and compelling...[t]he profession of arms has needed this book for a while.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Roberts, Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A must-read for students of international relations, military history, war studies, and global security.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Sage-Passant, Adjunct Professor in Intelligence at Sciences Po Paris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: The pursuit of precision\u003cbr\u003e1 Genesis (1917–41)\u003cbr\u003e2 Evolution (1941–45)\u003cbr\u003e3 Continuation (1945–49)\u003cbr\u003e4 Side-lining (1949–50)\u003cbr\u003e5 Replacement (1950–61)\u003cbr\u003e6 Resurrection (1961–91)\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The legacies of precision\u003cbr\u003eInde\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041046397271,"sku":"9781526178046","price":72.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526178046.jpg?v=1750948733","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/precision-a-history-of-american-warfare-9781526178046","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}