'In the face of radically new ways of waging war, Brian Linn surveys the past assumptions and errors that underlie the army's many visions of warfare up to the present day. He explores the army's forgotten heritage of deterrence, its long experience with counter-guerrilla operations, and its successive efforts to transform itself." -- from the book jacket.

Fortress America -- Modern warfare -- Unconventional warriors -- Providing for war? --Dissenting Visions -- Atomic war -- From Reformation to reaction -- Epilogue.