TY - GEN N2 - 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,.... AB - 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,.... T1 - Under the shadow of NapoleonFrench influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / DA - c2012. CY - New York : AU - Bonura, Michael A., CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - UA23 PB - New York University Press, PP - New York : PY - c2012. ID - 439059 KW - Military art and science KW - Military art and science KW - Military art and science SN - 9780814723173 TI - Under the shadow of NapoleonFrench influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865393 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865393 ER -