Under the shadow of Napoleon [electronic resource] : French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / Michael A. Bonura.
2012
UA23 .B714 2012eb
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Under the shadow of Napoleon [electronic resource] : French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / Michael A. Bonura.
Author
Bonura, Michael A., 1974-
ISBN
9780814723173 (electronic book)
9780814709429
9780814709429
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 306 p.) : ill.
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UA23 .B714 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
355.4/77309034
Summary
The way an army thinks about and understands warfare has a tremendous impact on its organization, training, and operations. The central ideas of that understanding form a nation's way of warfare that influences decisions on and off the battlefield. From the disasters of the War of 1812, Winfield Scott ensured that America adopted a series of ideas formed in the crucible of the Wars of the French Revolution and epitomized by Napoleon. Reflecting American cultural changes, these French ideas dominated American warfare on the battlefields of the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War,....
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Warfare and culture series.
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Table of Contents
A French way of warfare
Bringing French warfare to America 1814-1848
American adaptation of French warfare 1848-1865
German professionalism and American warfare 1865-1899
American warfare in the Progressive Era 1899-1918
The end of French influence on American warfare 1918-1941.
Bringing French warfare to America 1814-1848
American adaptation of French warfare 1848-1865
German professionalism and American warfare 1865-1899
American warfare in the Progressive Era 1899-1918
The end of French influence on American warfare 1918-1941.