Naval War College Review
Abstract
During World War II the American military establishment consummated an evolutionary process: it became a contradiction. It became so in much the same fashion as the ideas of equality and liberty are a contradiction: deeply, disturbingly, and disharmonically. Since that transition period-called by Russell Weigley the passage from "frontier constabulary" to "serious competitor of European armies long accustomed to international contests on a grand scale"-the military establishment has searched for a justification, a raison d 'etre.1
Recommended Citation
Wilkerson, Lawrence B.
(1983)
"The Military in the Post-Vietnam Era: A Search for Relevance,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 36:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol36/iss3/8
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