The Naked Truth Of Battle Summary

It is often that people only consider what occurred within a war and not how it occurred. In basic history textbooks, it is explained that a certain country won a battle but not how the leaders approached the battle and where the resources came from. In James Burns’ “The Naked Truth of Battle,” the American way of making war is explained through his eye-witness account. In order to understand American warfare, Burns got a well-rounded, full picture of what it consisted of. After reading his work, it is clear that the American way of making war stemmed from its economic support and the sheer amount of firepower at its disposal. Throughout the text, Burns recounts anecdotes from his time as a historian in the military. In one particular instance, he explains

Then, the sand is sanded. With this story and a passage later on, Burns makes it clear that the Americans were successful in war due to their immense amount of firepower. Because of America’s heavy machine guns and advanced artillery, commanders did not have to use their men to fight up close. America was able to command the fight through technology, not hand-to-hand combat. Burn furthers these ideas by saying “Our superior communications, transport, and firepower allowed for an enormous margin for error,” he says. 6. The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid Operations could go wrong and Americans still had the ability to win due to their equipment. To get a large amount of warfare equipment, the economy of the nation needs to be focused on war effort. The American economy was. Production of war equipment was especially increased after the election of 1940. The Americans wanted to avoid war, but they also knew it was likely and they needed to build up their army in order to be successful. When comparing this to Germany, the Germans did not have the financial backing that America had. They still needed to make $33B in reparations from the first World War (Before