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University Press of Mississippi, publishers, Jackson - ISBN:1578060265, 1997. hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Ambrose's theme, the American way of war, is significant for war has delineated each era in America's turbulent history and has focused the nation's democratic perspective. In its wars America defines itself. Because democracies employ teamwork, Ambrose believes they are by far the most efficient governments for fighting wars. He shows that at times of conflict America reveals its essential national character.