Soldiers and Scholars: The U.S. Army and the Uses of Military History, 1865-1920
The use and abuse of military history is the theme of this book. Historian Carol Reardon scrutinizes the Army's relationship to its own history and traces the Army's attempts, from the end of the Civil War through the Progressive Era, to lay claim to the discipline of military history. Owning military history was important to the Army, Reardon maintains. Not only was military history a cornerstone in the Army's emerging education system, but it carried with it a professional image and social respectability as well. As a result, the Army tenaciously defended the discipline from the incursions of civilian academics, arguing that military profes…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7006-1112-6
- EAN: 9780700611126
- Produktnummer: 9482850
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kansas
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.0 cm 417 g
- Gewicht: 417
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