The United States Army and the making of America : from confederation to empire, 1775-1903 /
In this book, Robert Wooster provides a comprehensive history of the United States Army from its inception during the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War. He integrates the institutional history of the Army with larger trends in American history, with a special focus on state building...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2021]
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| Series: | Studies in civil-military relations.
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| Summary: | In this book, Robert Wooster provides a comprehensive history of the United States Army from its inception during the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War. He integrates the institutional history of the Army with larger trends in American history, with a special focus on state building and civil-military relations. This will be the definitive book on the US Army's relationship with the nation during the nineteenth century. It will be of interest to military and non-military historians alike, and will be an especially valuable text for course assignments at the undergraduate and graduate levels. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780700630646 0700630643 |