Towards an American Army : : Military Thought from Washington to Marshall / / Russell F. Weigley.
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.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1962] ©1962 |
| Year of Publication: | 1962 |
| Language: | English |
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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