The regulars : the American Army, 1898-1941 / Edward M. Coffman.
The regulars : the American Army, 1898-1941 / Edward M. Coffman.
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Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N355.0904/ 1
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English
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Physical content
vi, 519 p. : ill., ports. : 24 cm.
Contents
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, 1919-19...
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Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"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 definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman t...
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The regulars : the American Army, 1898-1941 / Edward M. Coffman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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N355.0904/ 1
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74Vv5j04N0oX
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0674012992 (alk. paper) :
9780674012998 (alk. paper)
0674012992 (alk. paper)
9780674012998 (alk. paper) :
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355.00973
355.0904
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991017828349702626
