Introduction -- PART I : Tradition and an Envisioned Future Collide. 1. War and Culture : An Analytical Approach -- 2. The American Practice of War: Cultural Tenets -- 3. The Legacy of World War II : Man versus Machine -- 4. Truman, the Cold War, and the National Military Establishment, 1945û1950 -- 5. The Korean War : The Opening Phases, 1950û1951 -- 6. The Korean War : The Final Phases, 1951û1953 -- PART II : The Eff orts to Adapt to a Nuclear World. 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War, and Massive Retaliation, 1953û1960 -- 8. Kennedy, McNamara, and Artificial Limited War, 1961û1963 -- 9. The Vietnam War : The Opening Phases, 1955û1967 -- 10. The Vietnam War : The Final Phases, 1967û1975 -- PART III : The New American Practice of War : War Without the People. 11. The Recovery and Reorganization of the Armed Forces of the United States, 1975û1990 -- 12. The Persian Gulf War : Operation Desert Shield, 1990û1991 -- 13. The Persian Gulf War : Operation Desert Storm, 1991 -- 14. Bush's Global War on Terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001û2011 -- 15. The Second Persian Gulf War : Operation Iraqi Freedom I, the Conventional War, 2003 -- 16. The Second Persian Gulf War : Operation Iraqi Freedom II, the Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency War, 2003û2010 -- 17. Epilogue : Citizenship and War.