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characters ☆ America's First Battles, 1776-1965 µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook This volume a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost US military historians focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought Through careful analysis of organization training and tactical doctrine each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic rhythm America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time The thrust of the book the emphasis on operational history is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history This book is part of the Modern War Studies series. Charles E Heller and William A Stofft assembled a distinguished team of American military history experts to examine the first major battles fought in each of the nations wars through the Vietnam conflict This is militay history at its best dramatic insightful and informative not only for an audience in uniform but also for any American interested in how the military functions in our society The descriptions of battles ranges from well known actions such as Bull Run in the Civil War to the savage jungle fighting at Buna New Guinea in World War II I freuently refer to America s First Battles as I prepare my lectures on American military history We can only hope that the editors will consider a new edition in the future to take the story through the triumph of Desert Storm and the confusion of the Clinton administration A military history classic

characters ☆ America's First Battles, 1776-1965 µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook This volume a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost US military historians focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought Through careful analysis of organization training and tactical doctrine each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic rhythm America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time The thrust of the book the emphasis on operational history is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history This book is part of the Modern War Studies series. I bought this for my son in law who is a war history buff and knows a lot about all wars He said it was a good read

Download é PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook  Charles E. Heller

characters ☆ America's First Battles, 1776-1965 µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook This volume a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost US military historians focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought Through careful analysis of organization training and tactical doctrine each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic rhythm America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time The thrust of the book the emphasis on operational history is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history This book is part of the Modern War Studies series. the problem isn t the book it s me I am only kinda familiar with World War 2 battles I am totally ignorant of battles in other wars I just finished the Idiots Guide Book to World War 2 Maybe that s my problemI need to stick to the idiot s guides instead of books that assume the reader has a background knowledge of the subject matter