TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weigley,Russell F.
TI  - Towards an American Army: Military Thought from Washington to Marshall 
SN  - 9780231944243
PY  - 1962///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - HISTORY / Military / United States
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/weig94424
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