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Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919-1939
| Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919-1939 |
| Autore | Woolley William J. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Press of Kansas, 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (395 pages) |
| Disciplina | 973 |
| Collana | Studies in Civil-Military Relations Series |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION The Quest for a National Military Policy, 1878-1920 -- PART I Creating the Citizen Army, 1919-1925 -- CHAPTER 1 Disappointment and Disillusionment: The Army and the Nation, 1920-1925 -- CHAPTER 2 The Heart of the Policy: Creating the New Citizen Army -- PART II The Army in the Era of Stability, 1926-1929: Creating the Branches -- CHAPTER 3 Stabilizing the Relationship: The Army and the Nation in the Era of Stability -- CHAPTER 4 The Civilian Components in the Era of Stability -- CHAPTER 5 Creating Orthodoxy and Predictability: Professional Military Education in the Army, 1919-1939 -- CHAPTER 6 Building a Throne for the Queen: Infantry Branch Organization and Branch Culture in the 1920s -- CHAPTER 7 Branch Stagnation: American Field Artillery, 1919-1939 -- CHAPTER 8 End of the Big Guns: Mission and Branch Identity Crisis in the Coast Artillery, 1919-1939 -- PART III Mechanizing the Army, 1930-1939 -- CHAPTER 9 The Army Besieged: The Army and the Nation in the Decade of the Depression, 1930-1939 -- CHAPTER 10 Stability amid Crisis: The Civilian Components in the 1930s -- CHAPTER 11 Modern Weapons and Traditional Tactics: The Infantry and Tanks, 1919-1939 -- CHAPTER 12 Mounts or Motors? The Cavalry and Its Response to Mechanization, 1919-1939 -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Citations -- Notes -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910870868303321 |
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| University Press of Kansas, 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 / / William J. Woolley
| Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 / / William J. Woolley |
| Autore | Woolley William J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 355.00973 |
| Collana | Studies in civil-military relations series |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil-military relations
Armed Forces - Organization Civil-military relations - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The quest for a national military policy, 1878-1920 -- Creating the citizen Army, 1919-1925 -- Disappointment and disillusionment : the Army and the nation, 1920-1925 -- The heart of the policy creating the new citizen Army -- The Army in the era of stability, 1926-1929 : creating the branches -- Stabilizing the relationship : the Army and the nation in the era of stability -- The civilian components in the era of stability -- Creating orthodoxy and predictability : professional military education in the Army, 1919-1939 -- Building a throne for the queen : infantry branch organization and branch culture in the 1920s -- Branch stagnation : American field artillery in the interwar period -- End of the big guns : mission and branch identity crisis in the coastal artillery, 1919-1939 -- Mechanizing the Army, 1930-1939 -- The Army besieged : the Army and the nation in the decade of the Depression, 1930-1939 -- Stability amidst crisis : the civilian components in the 1930s -- Modern weapons and traditional tactics, the infantry and tanks, 1920-1939 -- Mounts or motors? The cavalry and the response to mechanization, 1920-1939. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552993603321 |
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Woolley William J.
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| 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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