Bodies for Battle : US Army Physical Culture and Systematic Training, 1885-1957 /

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"War is physical. In combat, fortune favors the soldier in better condition. Superior conditioning enables troops to fight longer and harder, to move farther and faster, to carry heavier loads and endure greater hardship. These relative advantages can be the difference between life and death, v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gatzemeyer, Garrett (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Physical training > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army > Physical training > History > 19th century.
Physical fitness.
Physical education and training, Military.
Armed Forces > Physical training.
Entraînement physique militaire > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Entraînement physique militaire > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Physical fitness > United States > History.
Physical education and training, Military > History > 20th century.
Physical education and training, Military > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Modern War, Modern Fitness
  • Chapter One. Bodies and Battlefields: Contextualizing Martial Fitness for Modern War
  • Chapter Two. Origins of a US Army Physical Culture, 1885-1916
  • Chapter Three. The US Army's Battle of the Systems, 1914-1920
  • Chapter Four. Reversion, Disaggregation, and ""Prehabilitation, "" 1919-1940
  • Photo Gallery
  • Chapter Five. Physical Cultures for Total War, 1936-1946
  • Chapter Six. Hard Bodies for a Cold War: Conditioning and Prehabilitation, 1945-1957
  • Conclusion. Fashioning that ""Certain Strength of Body and Soul, "" 1885-1957
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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