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The American Army in transition, 1865-1898 / Michael L. Tate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tate, Michael L.
- Series:
- Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series 1080-4749
- Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. American soldiers' lives
- The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series, 1080-4749
- American soldiers' lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Join the Indian Scouts who rode with the U.S. Army in the Wild West, the soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars of the late nineteenth century, and the military men who worked on the Reconstruction of the South.
- Contents:
- Overview : reshaping the U.S. Army after the Civil War
- From glory to ambiguity : recruitment of a peacetime army
- New duties : from Reconstruction South to Old West
- Armed laborers : building and maintaining a network of posts
- The regimental family : patronage, power, and social dynamics
- Off duty, on post : the search for recreation and entertainment
- Many missions : a multipurpose army on the frontier
- "Tigers of the human species" : military views of the American Indian
- Black regulars : racial realities in a white man's army
- Twilight of the old army.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313332128
- 0313332126
- OCLC:
- 77522791
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