The Delafield Commission and the American military profession /

"In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis dispatched Maj. Richard Delafield, Maj. Alfred Mordecai, and Capt. George B. McClellan to the battlefields of Crimea to observe the European military in action. American military commanders had studied European armies before, but the Delafield Commissi...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Moten, Matthew, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2000.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Texas A & M University military history series.
Sujets:
United States. > Army > Officers > History > 19th century.
United States. > Military Commission to Europe.
United States. > Army
United States. > Military Commission to Europe
1800-1899
Crimean War, 1853-1856.
Armies > Europe > History > 19th century.
Guerre de Crimée, 1853-1856.
Armées > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Military.
Armed Forces > Officers
Armies
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Administration.
Europe
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword / Joseph G. Dawson III
  • pt. 1. The Development of American Military Professionalism.
  • Ch. 1. Sylvanus Thayer's West Point: "A System and Habit of Thought"
  • Ch. 2. The Jacksonian Officer Corps: Gods, Demigods, and the Line.
  • Ch. 3. Antebellum Military Thought
  • pt. 2. The Delafield Commission.
  • Ch. 4. Jefferson Davis and the Commission: "A Tour of Many Miles and Many Months"
  • Ch. 5. "Through the Meshes of Diplomacy"
  • Ch. 6. "A Purely Professional View"
  • pt. 3. The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession.
  • Ch. 7. "To Impart Information to the Profession"
  • Ch. 8. The Delafield Commission and American Military Professionalism.

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