A scientific way of war : antebellum military science, West Point, and the origins of American military thought /

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While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy graduates serving throughout the country Enlightenment thinking persisted, asserting that war was governable by a grand theory accessible through the study o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hope, Ian C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Series:Studies in war, society, and the military.
Subjects:
United States Military Academy > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Officers > Training of > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army
United States Military Academy
1800-1899
Military art and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Military education > United States > History > 19th century.
Art et science militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > Officers > Training of
Military art and science
Military education
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Colonial and early national military science
  • Army reforms, 1815-1820
  • West Point's scientific curriculum
  • Internal improvements
  • Jacksonian military science
  • Military science during and after the Mexican War
  • Antebellum military science
  • Military science in the Civil War
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. West Point curricula
  • Appendix B. Antebellum and Civil War officer statistics.

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