Preparing for War : The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815-1917 /

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The U.S. Army has always regarded preparing for war as its peacetime role, but how it fulfilled that duty has changed dramatically between the War of 1812 and World War I. J. P. Clark shows how differing personal experiences of war and peace among successive generations of professional soldiers left...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, J. P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Military art and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Military art and science > United States > History > 20th century.
Military education > United States > History > 19th century.
Military education > United States > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / Military / United States.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • 1 A Profession Born in War
  • 2 Trials on the Frontier and in Mexico
  • 3 The First Upheaval
  • 4 The Civil War's Legacy
  • 5 Between Old and New
  • 6 The Second Upheaval
  • 7 Old Soldiers in a New Army
  • 8 The Great War
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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