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The Embattled Past : Reflections on Military History /

Internationally recognized for having reinvigorated and redefined his field, distinguished military historian Edward M. Coffman is a dedicated and much-admired teacher and mentor. In The Embattled Past, several of his most important essays have been assembled into a collection that serves as an esse...

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Autor principal: Coffman, Edward M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction: Fragments of history -- The American Army in peacetime -- The duality of the American military tradition : a commentary -- The American 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912-1938 : a vignette in social history -- The Philippine Scouts, 1899-1942 : a historical vignette -- The American military and strategic policy in World War I -- Why we are not interested in World War I and should be -- The course of military history in the United States since World War II -- Talking about war : reflections on doing oral history and military history -- The shadows of time : experience in research -- Memories of Forrest C. Pogue, oral history pioneer and one of Kentucky's greatest historians -- "My room mate is ... Dwight Eisenhower" -- Mentor -- Interviewing General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. 
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