The evolution of U.S. military policy from the Constitution to the present.: Volume I, The old regime: the army, militia, and volunteers from Colonial times to the Spanish-American War /

Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a "traditional" U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates...

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Hauptverfasser: Gentile, Gian P. (VerfasserIn), Karns, Jameson (VerfasserIn), Shurkin, Michael Robert (VerfasserIn), Givens, Adam T. (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: Arroyo Center. Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020]
Schriftenreihe:Research report (Rand Corporation) ; 1995/1-A.
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Zusammenfassung:Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a "traditional" U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates and a series of legislative compromises between 1903 and 1940. Volume I traces the history of U.S. military policy from the colonial era through the Spanish-American War. This period is critical for understanding the genesis of the basic structure of today's Army and the various factors that informed that structure. For a combination of strategic, cultural, economic, ideological, and political reasons, in the 18th and 19th centuries the United States did not establish a standing army large enough to handle a major conflict and instead relied on a variety of mechanisms for raising volunteer units and marshaling state militias to expand or augment the Army. The Spanish-American War (1898) was a major turning point: The difficulties the United States faced in raising and equipping a large-enough Army for the conflict prompted led to major reforms in the early 20th century.
Beschreibung:"This research was conducted within the RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resource Program"--Preface (page iii).
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833098252
083309825X
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