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Author:
Coffman, Edward M.
Title:
The embattled past : reflections on military history / Edward M. Coffman.
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
201 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
United States--History, Military.
United States--Historiography.--Historiography.
Military historians--United States.
United States.--Army--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Fragments of history -- The American Army in peacetime -- The duality of the American military tradition : a commentary -- The American 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912-1938 : a vignette in social history -- The Philippine Scouts, 1899-1942 : a historical vignette -- The American military and strategic policy in World War I -- Why we are not interested in World War I and should be -- The course of military history in the United States since World War II -- Talking about war : reflections on doing oral history and military history -- The shadows of time : experience in research -- Memories of Forrest C. Pogue, oral history pioneer and one of Kentucky's greatest historians -- "My room mate is...Dwight Eisenhower" -- Mentor -- Interviewing General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
ISBN:
0813142660 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780813142661 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)861335239
LCCN:
2013039725
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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