Towards an American army; military thought from Washington to Marshall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Columbia University Press, 1962.Description: xi, 297 p. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.0973
LOC classification:
  • UA25 .W4
Contents:
The dual military legacy of the Revolution -- George Washington and Alexander hamilton : military professionalism in early republican style -- John C. Calhoun : the expansible army plan -- Dennis Hart Mahan : the professionalism of West Point -- Henry W. Halleck and George B. McClellan : the disciples of Dennis Mahan -- William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant : the rise of total war -- Emory Upton : the major prophet of professionalism -- John A. Logan : A rebuttal for a citizen army -- The disciples of Emory Upton -- John M. Schofield : an American plan of command -- R.M. Johnston : the search for an escape from Uptonian despair -- Leonard Wood : the inevitability of a citizen army -- John McAuley Palmer and George C. Marshall : universal military training -- Epilogue.
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Bibliography: p. [277]-285.

The dual military legacy of the Revolution -- George Washington and Alexander hamilton : military professionalism in early republican style -- John C. Calhoun : the expansible army plan -- Dennis Hart Mahan : the professionalism of West Point -- Henry W. Halleck and George B. McClellan : the disciples of Dennis Mahan -- William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant : the rise of total war -- Emory Upton : the major prophet of professionalism -- John A. Logan : A rebuttal for a citizen army -- The disciples of Emory Upton -- John M. Schofield : an American plan of command -- R.M. Johnston : the search for an escape from Uptonian despair -- Leonard Wood : the inevitability of a citizen army -- John McAuley Palmer and George C. Marshall : universal military training -- Epilogue.