The Haphazard Years How America Has Gone to War

The Haphazard Years
How America Has Gone to War
George C. Reinhardt and William R. Kintner
Doubleday and Company, 1960
First edition
242 pages

The binding is tight, the pages are lightly tanned, the end papers are foxed and a couple of pages have brown spots on the outer edge. The cover shows light wear, the jacket is scuffed, shows edge wear and light soilage. Acceptable. Hardcover.

A study of U.S. military-industrial preparedness from the Spanish American War to modern times. Chapters: A Temporary Awakening, Eve of War, War's Lessons at Home and Abroad, The Military During the Twenties, Technology and Military Policy During the Thirties, Technology's War Born Surge, Technology and National Survival  (#16001909)