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A scientific way of war : antebellum military science, West Point, and the origins of American military thought / Ian C. Hope

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • A scientific way of war : antebellum military science, West Point, and the origins of American military thought / Ian C. Hope
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • Lincoln (Neb.) : University of Nebraska press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (X-334 p.) : ill., cartes, plans, photogr. ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Studies in war, society, and the military
ISBN
  • 978-0-8032-7685-7
  • 0-8032-7685-0
  • 978-1-4962-3055-3
EAN
  • 9780803276857 rel.
  • 9781496230553 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Studies in war, society, and the military 2691-9923
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 355.007 097
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [311]-323. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Colonial and early national military science Army reforms, 1815-1820 West Point's scientific curriculum Internal improvements Jacksonian military science Military science during and after the Mexican War Antebellum military science Military science in the Civil War Conclusion Appendix A. West Point curricula Appendix B. Antebellum and Civil War officer statistics
Résumé ou extrait
  • A Scientific Way of War analyzes how the doctrine of military science evolved from teaching specific Napoleonic applications to embracing subjects that were useful for war in North America. Drawing from a wide array of materials, Ian C. Hope refutes earlier charges of a lack of professionalization in the antebellum American army and an overreliance on the teachings of Swiss military theorist Antoine de Jomini. Instead, Hope shows that inculcation in West Point's American military curriculum eventually came to provide the army with an officer corps that shared a common doctrine and common skill in military problem solving. The proliferation of military science ensured that on the eve of the Civil War there existed a distinctly American, and scientific, way of war.
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