For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012, 3rd Edition

Allan R. Millett · Peter Maslowski · William B. Feis

Jun 2018 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by John Pruden

About this audiobook

Called "the preeminent survey of American military history" by Russell F. Weigley, America's foremost military historian, For the Common Defense is an essential contribution to the field of military history. This carefully researched third edition provides the most complete and current history of United States defense policy and military institutions and the conduct of America's wars. Without diminishing the value of its earlier editions, authors Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis provide a fresh perspective on the continuing issues that characterize national security policy. For the Common Defense examines the nation's pluralistic military institutions in both peace and war, the tangled civil-military relations that created the country's commitment to civilian control of the military, the armed forces' increasing nationalization and professionalization, and America's growing reliance on sophisticated technologies spawned by the Industrial Revolution and the Computer and Information Ages. This edition is also a timely reminder that vigilance is indeed the price of liberty but that vigilance has always been-and continues to be-a costly, complex, and contentious undertaking in a world that continually tests America's willingness and ability to provide for the common defense.

About the author

Allan R. Millett is a professor of history and the director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans.

Peter Maslowski is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

William B. Feis is a professor of history at Buena Vista University and the author of Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox.

John Pruden is a professional voice actor who records audiobooks, corporate and online training narrations, animation and video game characters, and radio and TV commercials. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, John has a solid creative foundation from which to draw for his intelligent audiobook narrations.