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- catalog abstract ""In 1898, the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13158172.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In 1898, the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-500) and index.".
- catalog description "The army begins a new era -- The colonial army -- Life and training in the Philippines -- Enlisted men in the new army -- The managerial revolution -- The war to end all wars -- The army in limbo -- Soldiering in the 1920s and 1930s -- The army in Pacific outposts, 1919-1940 -- Mobilizing for war.".
- catalog extent "vi, 519 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674012992 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,".
- catalog subject "355/.09/04 22".
- catalog subject "UA25 .C6223 2004".
- catalog subject "United States. Army History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Military life.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The army begins a new era -- The colonial army -- Life and training in the Philippines -- Enlisted men in the new army -- The managerial revolution -- The war to end all wars -- The army in limbo -- Soldiering in the 1920s and 1930s -- The army in Pacific outposts, 1919-1940 -- Mobilizing for war.".
- catalog title "The regulars : the American Army, 1898-1941 / Edward M. Coffman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".