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The embattled past : reflections on military history / Edward M. Coffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coffman, Edward M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military historians.
- History, Military.
- Historiography.
- United States--History, Military.
- United States.
- United States--History, Military--Historiography.
- Military historians--United States.
- United States. Army--History.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Fragments of history
- The American Army in peacetime
- The duality of the American military tradition : a commentary
- The American 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912-1938 : a vignette in social history
- The Philippine Scouts, 1899-1942 : a historical vignette
- The American military and strategic policy in World War I
- Why we are not interested in World War I and should be
- The course of military history in the United States since World War II
- Talking about war : reflections on doing oral history and military history
- The shadows of time : experience in research
- Memories of Forrest C. Pogue, oral history pioneer and one of Kentucky's greatest historians
- "My room mate is...Dwight Eisenhower"
- Mentor
- Interviewing General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813142661
- 0813142660
- OCLC:
- 861335239
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