title: Reconsidering the American Way of War: US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan
author: Antulio J. Echevarria II
description: <P>"Asserts quite convincingly that what people actually did is at least as important and instructive as what they thought or said."US Military History Review, <i>Robert S. Ehlers, Jr.</i></P><P>"Provides a valuable counterpoint to a topic relevant to current debates about American strategy and policy. It is always beneficial to understand clearly from whence one comes before determining where one ought to go. "Lieutenant Colonel Brian L. Steed, US Army, <i>Proceedings</i></P><P>"Provides valuable synopses of the most important campaigns and explains what they reveal about developments in military practice, demonstrating the variety of ways in which US leaders have adapted their approaches to military force to fit the circumstances."<i>Foreign Affairs</i></P>
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  AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
  
  
  [Preface to the 1969
  Edition](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos8142)
  
  [Preface to the Revised
  Edition](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos13179)
  
  [Foreword](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos13931)
  
  [Contributors](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos16466)
  
  [Chapter 1.
  INTRODUCTION](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos20148)
  
  [Chapter 2. THE
  BEGINNINGS](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_001.html#filepos68285)
  
  [Chapter 3. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: FIRST
  PHASE](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_002.html#filepos129458)
  
  [Chapter 4. THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE,
  1777-1783](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_002.html#filepos201011)
  
  
  [Chapter 5. The Formative Years,
  1783-1812](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_003.html#filepos274545)
  
  [Chapter 6. THE WAR OF
  1812](_AMERICAN%20MILITARY%20HISTORY_split_003.html#