The Embattled Past : Reflections on Military History /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Coffman, Edward M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Army.
États-Unis. > Army > Histoire.
United States. > Army > History.
Military historians.
Historiography.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Military historians > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > Historiographie.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire.
United States > History, Military > Historiography.
United States > History, Military.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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