The regulars: the American Army, 1898-1941
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1. Verfasser: Coffman, Edward M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2004
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-500) and index
The army begins a new era -- The colonial army -- Life and training in the Philippines -- Enlisted men in the new army -- The managerial revolution -- The war to end all wars -- The army in limbo -- Soldiering in the 1920s and 1930s -- The army in Pacific outposts, 1919-1940 -- Mobilizing for war
In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (v, 519 p.)
ISBN:0674012992
0674029623
9780674024021
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