Preparing for War

The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815–1917

J. P. Clark

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$42.00 • £33.95 • €38.00

ISBN 9780674545731

Publication Date: 01/02/2017

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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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

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