On Active Services in Peace and War

On Active Services in Peace and War
Author: Henry L. Stimson
Publisher: Lovenstein Press
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2008-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1443726451

ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN PEACE AND WAR by HENRY L. STIMSON AND McGEORGE BUNDY. Contents include: Introduction by Henry L. Stimson xi PART I ON MANY FRONTS I Attorney for the Government 3 II With Roosevelt and Taft 18 i. Running for Governor 2. Secretary of War 3. The Split of 1912 III Responsible Government 56 i. Framing a Program 2. In Convention Assembled 3. Success, Failure, and Victory 4. Credo of a Progres sive Conservative IV The World Changes 82 i. War Comes to America 2. Colonel Stimson V As Private Citizen 101 i. The League of Nations Fight 2. At the Bar 3. The Peace of Tipitapa VI Governor General of the Philippines 117 I. The Background 2. A Happy Year 3. Later Dis appointments and Some Hopes PART II WITH SPEARS OK STRAW VII Constructive Beginnings 155 I. Washington in 1929 2. London in 1930 3, Latin America in 1931 VIII The Beginnings of Disaster 190 I, Before the Storm 2, Economic Crisis in Europe 3. More about These Damn Debts IX The Far Eastern Crisis 2,20 i. A Japanese Decision 2. From Conciliation to Non recognition 3. Shanghai 4. The Borah Letter 5. Con clusion and Retrospect vn X The Tragedy of Timidity i. Disarmament A Surface Issue 2. The Failure of Statesmanship XI Out Again 282 i. The Campaign of 1932 2. Middleman after Election XII Toward General War 297 i. Citizen and Observer 2. 1933-1940 Cast as Cas sandra PART HI TIME OF PERIL XIII Call to Arms 323 i. Back to Washington 2. The Newcomer 3. The Best Staff He Ever Had XIV The First Year 345 I. Men for the New Army 2. Supplies 3. To Britain Alone XV Valley of Doubt 364 I. A Difference with the President 2, The Price of Indecision XVI The War Begins 382 i . Pearl Harbor 2. Mission of Delay 3. War Secretary XVII The Army and Grand Strategy 41 I . Pearl Harbor to North Africa 2. The Great I eeision XVIII The Wartime Army 449 i. Reorganization 2, Dipping Down 3. The Place of Specialists 4. Student Soldiers 5. The Army and the Negro 6. Science and New Weapons XIX The Effort for Total Mobilization 470 i. Military Manpower 2. National Service 3. Labor and the War 4. The Army and War Production A Note on Administration 5. Public Relations XX The Army and the Navy 503 i, Stimson and the Admirals 2. Lessons of Antisub marine War 3. Unification and the Future XXI The Army and the Grand Alliance 524 i. Stilwell and China 2. France Defeat, Darlan, De Gaulle, and Deliverance 3. FDR and Military Govern ment 4. A Word from Hindsight XXII The Beginnings of Peace 565 i. A Shift in Emphasis 2. The Morgenthau Plan 3. The Crime of Aggressive War 4. Planning for Recon struction 5. A Strong America 6. Bases and Big Powers 7. The Emergent Russian Problem XXIII The Atomic Bomb and the Surrender of Japan 612 i . Making a Bomb 2. The Achievement of Surrender XXIV The Bomb and Peace with Russia 634 XXV The Last Month 656 i . Judgment of the Army 2. The Chief of Staff 3. The Commander in Chief 4. The End Afterword by Henry L. Stimson 671 A Note of Explanation and Acknowledgment by McGeorge Bundy 673 Brief Chronology of World War 1 1 679 Index 685.

On Active Services in Peace and War

On Active Services in Peace and War
Author: Henry L. Stimson
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 830
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1473350662

Henry L. Stimson’s 1947 autobiography features an account of Stimson's 13 years' public service, and explores his actions, motives, and results in great detail. On Active Services in Peace and War is highly recommended for those with an interest in the life and work of this great American statesman, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. The contents include: - Attorney for the Government - Roosevelt and Taft - Responsible Government - The World Changes - As Private Citizen - Governor General of the Philippines - Constructive Beginnings - The Beginnings of Disaster - The Far Eastern Crisis - The Tragedy of Timidity Henry Lewis Stimson (1867–1950) was an American politician who held many important governmental positions under numerous American presidents, including Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

On Active Service in War and Peace

On Active Service in War and Peace
Author: Jesse Lemisch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1975
Genre: History
ISBN:

"This essay was originally entitled 'Present-mindedness revisited: anti-radicalism as a goal of American historical writing since World War II.'" Includes bibliographical references.

It Happened on the Way to War

It Happened on the Way to War
Author: Rye Barcott
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2012-08-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1408828235

This is a book about two forms of service that may appear contradictory: war-fighting and peacemaking, military service and social entrepreneurship. In 2001, Marine officer-in-training Rye Barcott cofounded a nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Their organization-Carolina for Kibera-grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development, and Barcott continued volunteering with CFK while leading Marines in dangerous places. It Happened on the Way to War is a true story of heartbreak, courage, and the impact that small groups of committed citizens can make in the world.

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781935646235

" Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace" is a harvest of creative, redemptive storytelling-nonfiction, fiction, and poetry-spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by it. This poignant collection, compiled from Kingston's healing workshops, contains the distilled wisdom of survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, and veterans of domestic abuse. " Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace" includes accounts from people that grew up in military families, served as medics in the thick of war, or came home to homelessness. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence. Through their extraordinary writings, readers witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past. For more than 15 years, National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art. Maxine Hong Kingston's books-" The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, The Fifth Book of Peace," and others-have won critical praise and national awards. President Bill Clinton presented her with a National Humanities Medal in 1997.

Waging Peace in Vietnam

Waging Peace in Vietnam
Author: Ron Carver
Publisher: New Village Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1613321074

How American soldiers opposed and resisted the war in Vietnam While mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines were marching in protest in US cities. Hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight; tens of thousands were deserting to Canada, France and Sweden. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations and ceased to be effective. Yet this history is largely unknown and has been glossed over in much of the written and visual remembrances produced in recent years. Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author, Christian Appy, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord. The book originates from the exhibition Waging Peace, which has been shown in Vietnam and the University of Notre Dame, and will be touring the eastern United States in conjunction with book launches in Boston, Amherst, and New York.

Henry L. Stimson

Henry L. Stimson
Author: David F. Schmitz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780842026321

Autographed photograph America Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 - October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician and spokesman on foreign policy. He twice served as Secretary of War 1911-1913 under Republican William Howard Taft and 1940-1945, under Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the latter role he was a leading hawk calling for war against Germany. During World War II he took charge of raising and training 13 million soldiers and airmen, supervised the spending of a third of the nation's GDP on the Army and the Air Forces, helped formulate military strategy, and took personal control of building and using the atomic bomb. He served as Governor-General of the Philippines. As Secretary of State (1929-1933) under Republican President Herbert Hoover he articulated the Stimson Doctrine which announced American opposition to Japanese expansion in Asia.

Preventive Engagement

Preventive Engagement
Author: Paul B. Stares
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0231544189

The United States faces an increasingly turbulent world. The risk of violent conflict and other threats to international order presents a vexing dilemma: should the United States remain the principal guarantor of global peace and security with all its considerable commitments and potential pitfalls––not least new and costly military entanglements––that over time diminish its capacity and commitment to play this vital role or, alternatively, should it pull back from the world in the interests of conserving U.S. power, but at the possible cost of even greater threats emerging in the future? Paul B. Stares proposes an innovative and timely strategy—“preventive engagement”—to resolve America’s predicament. This approach entails pursuing three complementary courses of action: promoting policies known to lessen the risk of violent conflict over the long term; anticipating and averting those crises likely to lead to costly military commitments in the medium term; and managing ongoing conflicts in the short term before they escalate further and exert pressure on the United States to intervene. In each of these efforts, forging “preventive partnerships” with a variety of international actors, including the United Nations, regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the business community, is essential. The need to think and act ahead that lies at the heart of a preventive engagement strategy requires the United States to become less shortsighted and reactive. Drawing on successful strategies in other areas, Preventive Engagement provides a detailed and comprehensive blueprint for the United States to shape the future and reduce the potential dangers ahead.

On Combat

On Combat
Author: Dave Grossman
Publisher: Ppct Research Publications
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2007
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Looks at the effect of deadly battle on the body and mind and offers new research findings to help prevent lasting adverse effects.