A team of leading American military historians here investigate the
factors that shaped the United States Army in the nineteenth
century. Throwing new light on its history, this deeply researched
book explores a mulitplicity of themes. These include the social
structure, command system and relationship with civil power which
are all important in assessing its efficiency and behaviour in war;
and the way the army is depicted in military literature and cinema
which affects its social portrait. Deliberately exploring neglected
themes, this key work includes discussion on: * the roles of the
many volunteer colonels in the Mexican War, 1846-48 * Robert
Wettemann and the alleged 'isolation' of the US Army in the
nineteenth century * John Ford's famous 'cavalry trilogy' of motion
pictures. Containing so much food for thought, for students of US
history and military history this is an entertaining as well as
instructional book.
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