The Delafield Commission and the American military profession / Matthew Moten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moten, Matthew, 1960-

Series:

Texas A & M University military history series ; 67

Texas A & M University military history series The Delafield Commission and the American military profession

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Officers--History--19th century.

United States.

United States. Military Commission to Europe.

Crimean War, 1853-1856.

Armies--Europe--History--19th century.

Armies.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 270 p. ) ill., map ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis dispatched Maj. Richard Delafield, Maj. Alfred Mordecai, and Capt. George B. McClellan to the battlefields of Crimea to observe the European military in action. American military commanders had studied European armies before, but the Delafield Commission was the most ambitious military observation mission up to that time and the first to observe an ongoing war. Although historically underrated, the commission and the members' reports constituted an important step in the development of U.S. military professionalism. In The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession, Matthew Moten is the first to explore in detail this connection between the commission and military professionalization."

"The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession provides in-depth analysis to military historians and other readers interested in the development of the professional army in antebellum America."--Jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / Joseph G. Dawson III

pt. 1. The Development of American Military Professionalism. Ch. 1. Sylvanus Thayer's West Point: "A System and Habit of Thought" Ch. 2. The Jacksonian Officer Corps: Gods, Demigods, and the Line. Ch. 3. Antebellum Military Thought

pt. 2. The Delafield Commission. Ch. 4. Jefferson Davis and the Commission: "A Tour of Many Miles and Many Months" Ch. 5. "Through the Meshes of Diplomacy" Ch. 6. "A Purely Professional View"

pt. 3. The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession. Ch. 7. "To Impart Information to the Profession" Ch. 8. The Delafield Commission and American Military Professionalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-38475-4