Preparing for War : : The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815-1917 / / J. P. Clark.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
• VerfasserIn: Clark, J. P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Prologue --; 1 A Profession Born in War --; 2 Trials on the Frontier and in Mexico --; 3 The First Upheaval --; 4 The Civil War's Legacy --; 5 Between Old and New --; 6 The Second Upheaval --; 7 Old Soldiers in a New Army --; 8 The Great War --; Epilogue --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674973084; 9783110485103; 9783110485189
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674973084
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. P. Clark.

The U.S. Army has always regarded preparing for war as its peacetime role, but how it fulfilled that duty has changed dramatically between the War of 1812 and World War I. J. P. Clark shows how differing personal experiences of war and peace among successive generations of professional soldiers left their mark upon the Army and its ways.