Regulars - The American Army, 18981941

Informationen zum Autor Edward M. Coffman is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Klappentext In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers; 43 years later, it was a large modern army ready to wage war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this social history of America's standing army, a military historian tells how that transformation was accomplished. Zusammenfassung In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers; 43 years later! it was a large modern army ready to wage war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this social history of America's standing army! a military historian tells how that transformation was accomplished.

List of contents

CONTENTS Prologue 1. The Army Begins a New Era 2. The Colonial Army 3. Life and Training in the Philippines 4. Enlisted Men in the New Army 5. The Managerial Revolution 6. The War to End All Wars 7. The Army in Limbo 8. Soldiering in the 1920s and 1930s 9. The Army in Pacific Outposts, 1919 - 1940 10. Mobilizing for War Postscript Essay on Sources and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Edward M Coffman, Edward M. Coffman, Coffman Edward M.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9780674024021
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02402-1
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, United States of America, USA, c 1910 to c 1919, Warfare and defence, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1900 to c 1909, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I