The Regulars: The American Army, 1898–1941In 1898 the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished. |
Contents
The Army Begins a New Era | 3 |
The Colonial Army | 27 |
Life and Training in the Philippines | 55 |
Enlisted Men in the New Army | 96 |
The Managerial Revolution | 142 |
The War to End All Wars | 202 |
The Army in Limbo | 233 |
Soldiering in the 1920s and 1930s | 290 |
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