The Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674012992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In the twentieth century, the United States entered into alliances to fight the German army in World War I, and then again to meet the challenge of the Axis Powers in World War II. Army conquered and controlled a colonial empire, military staff lived in exotic locales with their families, and soldiers engaged in combat in Cuba and the Pacific. In a stirring account of all aspects of garrison life, including race relations, we meet the men and women who helped reconfigure America's frontier army into a modern global force.. In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. He weaves their stories, and those of others he has interviewed, into the story of an army which grew from a small community of posts in China and the Philippines to a highly effective mechanized ground and air force. Coffman explains how a managerial revolution in the early 1900s provided the organizational framework and educational foundation for change, and how the combination of inspired leadership, technological advances, and a supportive society made it successful. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian
Five Stars GLC Great insights on the rebuilding of the Army for WWII and the drawdown after the war.. An excellent history of the american army Coffman has written an excellent social history of the American army from 1900 to 19An excellent history of the american army 1. Coffman has written an excellent social history of the American army from 1900 to 1940 that puts an emphasis on the educational development of the officer corps. In 1900 a large percentage of the officer corps were from the civil war era and had no interest in further intellectual development, but this changed with an introduction of new junior officers who were educated at Fort Leavanworth, Fort Benning, and the Army . 0 that puts an emphasis on the educational development of the officer corps. In 1900 a large percentage of the officer corps were from the civil war era and had no interest in further intellectual development, but this changed with an introduction of new junior officers who were educated at Fort Leavanworth, Fort Benning, and the Army . Kenneth P. Katz said A brilliant piece of scholarship. I just finished The Regulars : The American Army, 1898-19A brilliant piece of scholarship Kenneth P. Katz I just finished The Regulars : The American Army, 1898-1941, by Edward M. Coffman. It is a social history of the Regular Army, starting in 1898 when it was a tiny frontier constabulatory about to take on an imperial role with the Spanish-American War and subsequent occupations, and ending with the massive mobilization immediately prior to WWII. It describes a military that would be barely recognizable to anybody who ha. 1, by Edward M. Coffman. It is a social history of the Regular Army, starting in 1898 when it was a tiny frontier constabulatory about to take on an imperial role with the Spanish-American War and subsequent occupations, and ending with the massive mobilization immediately prior to WWII. It describes a military that would be barely recognizable to anybody who ha
Yet that ethic, Coffman shows, helped keep soldiers from losing touch with the democracy they served. Army's development from a frontier constabulary to the backbone of the force that decided WWII. This achievement involved developing superior professional capabilities. . Army were not typical of their countrymen. From Publishers Weekly This long-anticipated follow-up to The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784–1898 tells the story of the U.S. That did not make them perfect; Coffman in particular establishes the congruent patterns of racism in both army and society. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Between 1898 and 1941, the army conquered and controlled an empire, led a million men into combat on the western front during the Great War and successfully prepared against all odds during the 1920s and '30s to fight Germany and Japan on