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In Review
shed — lessons they all
would use again in trying to
The Training Ground: kill each other at Bull Run,
Grant, Lee, Sherman,
Antietam, and Gettysburg.
and Davis in the Mexican
War, 1846-1848 By Martin
Castles, Battles, & Bombs:
Dugard. Little, Brown and Co.,
How Economics Explains
2008. $29.99. ISBN 978-0-
Military History By Jurgen
316-16625-6.
Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll.
University of Chicago Press,
The Mexican War of 1846-
2008. $29. ISBN 978-0-226-
48 not only was a violent
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extension of America’s
Disney on a Budget
continental Manifest With original, refreshing
Destiny, but it also was an thought, Jurgen Brauer
exemplary training and Hubert van Tuyll
W
ith “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute,” active ground for young examine military
and retired U.S. servicemembers get compli- graduates of the U.S. history from
mentary, multiday admission to Disney theme Military Academy at the view-
parks. At Disneyland Resort in California through June 12, West Point, N.Y., to point of eco-
2009, each servicemember gets one complimentary three- prepare themselves nomic theory,
day “Disney’s Armed Forces Salute” Park Hopper ticket for for the Civil War focusing on
free admission to Disneyland and California Adventure. 13 years six periods
At Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, through Dec. 23, later. covering a
2009, servicemembers get a complimentary fi ve-day “Dis- With thousand years,
ney’s Armed Forces Salute” Park Hopper ticket, valid at fresh per- from medieval
all four Walt Disney World theme parks. You also get up spective, au- castle building
to fi ve visits to a Disney water park, DisneyQuest Indoor thor Martin to today’s war
Interactive Theme Park, and other attractions. For more Dugard tells on terrorism.
information, visit www.disneyworld.com/military. the dramatic They apply six
—Maryann Hammers story of the economic prin-
Mexican War as ciples to military
both a history of decision-making involv-
TRICAREUPDATE
American imperialism and ing strategy, tactics, tech-
of the brotherhood of Army nology, whether to fi ght,
MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS RATE INCREASE offi cers who would survive how to fi ght, and the risks
TRICARE increased mental health reimbursement the crucible of the bloody and benefi ts of limited
rates by 5 percent for 24 mental health services. The Mexican War only to fi ght versus total war. Once
psychiatric therapeutic procedures affected by this each other in the Civil War. past the mumbo jumbo of
change range from current procedural terminology Dugard recounts the economist jargon, this is a
codes 90804-90829, which include: friendships and Mexican fascinating analysis of the
a73 individual psychotherapy using verbal techniques; and War experiences of Jeffer- military decision-making
a73 individual interactive psychotherapy, using nonver- son Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, from the Middle Ages
bal techniques. Robert E. Lee, William T. through the 21st century,
Other TRICARE payment rates for providers stayed Sherman, and others who with a view to “keep the
the same until the February 2009 semiannual review. learned fi rsthand about costs of war reasonably
Rates for all procedures by locality can be found at wartime leadership, tactics, proportionate to the
www.tricare.mil/cmac. reconnaissance, and the purposes attained.”
horrors of battlefi eld blood- — William D. Bushnell
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