THE ARMY AND THE NEW LOOK AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY ARMY
HISTORICAL SERIES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED
STATES ARMY The Army and the New Look Conditioned to the
military decisiveness of World Wars I and II, Americans of the
twentieth century found the frustration of fighting three years
for a stalemate a new experience. Yet most were relieved to see
the end of Korean hostilities despite the realization that the
signing of the armistice merely marked the transition back to
the cold war. The shooting and killing stopped, but the tension
continued. The war had clearly demonstrated that the United
States was the only nation in a position to offer determined
resistance to Communist expansion. The old era of reliance upon
allies to bear the first brunt of battle while the country
prepared for war had passed. If the United States intended to
continue its policy of Communist containment, it was evident
that it would have to depend increasingly upon American forces
in being to meet the challenges. Th