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Author:

Hope, Ian C.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 334 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Military art and science--United States--History--19th century.
United States Military Academy--History--19th century.
Military education--United States--History--19th century.
United States.--Army--History--Training of--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Studies in war, society, and the military

ISBN:

0803276850 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803276857 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894747662

LCCN:

2015009354

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)