Towards an American Army : : Military Thought from Washington to Marshall / / Russell F. Weigley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Weigley, Russell F.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1962]; ©1962
• Year of Publication: 1962
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Presents a history of controversies that have surrounded the growth of the United States Army, from 1776-1951, that have flared over the questions of how to attain maximum military security and an army that is appropriate to and not subversive of American society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Dual Military Legacy of the Revolution -- II. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton: Military Professionalism in Early Republican Style -- III. John C. Calhoun: The Expansible Army Plan -- IV. Dennis Hart Mahan: The Professionalism of West Point -- V. Henry W. Halleck and George B. McClellan: The Disciples of Dennis Mahan -- VI. William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant: The Rise of Total War -- VII. Emory Upton: The Major Prophet of Professionalism -- VIII. John A. Logan: The Rebuttal for a Citizen Army -- IX. The Disciples of Emory Upton -- X. John M. Schofield: An American Plan of Command -- XI. R. M. Johnston: The Search for an Escape from Uptonian Despair -- XII. Leonard Wood: The Inevitability of a Citizen Army -- XIII. John McAuley Palmer and George C. Marshall: Universal Military Training -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index