02455nam 22005535 450 991015463680332120170405092016.00-674-97310-00-674-97308-910.4159/9780674973084(CKB)3710000000971594(MiAaPQ)EBC4771934(DE-B1597)476933(OCoLC)967524806(OCoLC)979577003(OCoLC)984546798(DE-B1597)9780674973084(EXLCZ)99371000000097159420170405d2016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPreparing for War /J. P. ClarkCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]©20171 online resource (351 pages) illustrations0-674-54573-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1 A Profession Born in War -- 2 Trials on the Frontier and in Mexico -- 3 The First Upheaval -- 4 The Civil War's Legacy -- 5 Between Old and New -- 6 The Second Upheaval -- 7 Old Soldiers in a New Army -- 8 The Great War -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexThe U.S. Army has always regarded preparing for war as its peacetime role, but how it fulfilled that duty has changed dramatically between the War of 1812 and World War I. J. P. Clark shows how differing personal experiences of war and peace among successive generations of professional soldiers left their mark upon the Army and its ways.Military art and scienceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary art and scienceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMilitary educationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary educationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Military art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary educationHistoryMilitary educationHistory355.00973/09034Clark J. P.1246557DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910154636803321Preparing for War2890273UNINA