Bodies for Battle US Army Physical Culture and Systematic Training, 1885-1957.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatzemeyer, Garrett.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Physical training--History--19th century.

United States.

United States. Army--Physical training--History--20th century.

United States. Army.

Physical education and training, Military--History--19th century.

Physical education and training, Military.

Physical education and training, Military--History--20th century.

Physical fitness--United States--History.

Physical fitness.

History.

Physical education and training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Modern War, Modern Fitness

Chapter One. Bodies and Battlefields: Contextualizing Martial Fitness for Modern War

Chapter Two. Origins of a US Army Physical Culture, 1885-1916

Chapter Three. The US Army's Battle of the Systems, 1914-1920

Chapter Four. Reversion, Disaggregation, and ""Prehabilitation,"" 1919-1940

Photo Gallery

Chapter Five. Physical Cultures for Total War, 1936-1946

Chapter Six. Hard Bodies for a Cold War: Conditioning and Prehabilitation, 1945-1957

Conclusion. Fashioning that ""Certain Strength of Body and Soul,"" 1885-1957

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Gatzemeyer, Garrett Bodies for Battle

ISBN:

9780700632596

070063259X

Publisher Number:

40030841756

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.