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Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series) |  | Authors: John Chambers, G. Kurt Piehler, Thomas Paterson
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 101266
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 066933538X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.00973
EAN: 9780669335385
ASIN: 066933538X
Publication Date: October 2, 1998
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This volume traces the evolution of the American military, its institutions, strategic doctrines, and technology. The selections provide a social and institutional focus of the "new" military history, and follow the metamorphosis of the militia, the professionalization of the officers' corps, and the course of civilian control of the military.
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 Good Collection of Essays April 18, 2006
Daniel Calandro (Fairfield, New Jersey, USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The collection of documents contained in the book provides a good look at major problems and issues spanning the entire three-hundred (say from the founding of Jamestown) or so years of American military history. Of particular interest to me was General Patton's commentary on the U.S. Army's position on tanks during the period between World War I and World War II.
There are also some articles on doctrine and on the establishment of a professional standing army. The documents do a good job of tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. In the end, the book provides a good collection of opinions on important subjects in the military's past and present.
Great combination of Primary and Secondary Sources October 10, 2009
J. Carangal (Maryland USA)
Great book to see how the primary sources about specific topics can be reflected on by historians to create interesting essays.
The book is organized into chapters about specific periods in American military history. The first portion of each chapter includes a series of primary source documents describing the time period or some particular issue (the creation of a distinct American Air Force, for example). The second portion of the chapter includes essays written by today's historians analyzing the issue or event described in the documents.
To help those of us just learning about the issues described in each chapter, the chapters begin with an introduction to provide a more global look at the issues to be presented. The document and essay sections each also have a brief introduction to describe the passages.
 HST 1 February 19, 2010
Stephen F. Gilbert (OH USA)
The wrong item was shipped to me, but the seller quickly refunded the cost of the book for me. The seller allowed me to keep the textbook sent due to loss of shipping and handling paid.
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