Modernizing the American War Department : change and continuity in a turbulent era, 1885-1920 / Daniel R. Beaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaver, Daniel, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. War Department--History--19th century.

United States.

United States. War Department--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An important study of the evolution of the U.S. War DepartmentNot a simple, linear administrative history, Modernizing the American War Department is a unique study of the adjustment of nineteenth-century military organizations to the managerial, technological, and policy challenges of a new era.The story unfolds against a backdrop of massive industrial and technological changes, as the country moved from a traditional agricultural and market-based commercial system toward a modern organization utilizing tw

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Separate Spheres and Parallel Paths: The War Department and the Army, 1820�1885""; ""Chapter 2: The War Department, 1885�1916: Searching for a Modern Command-and-Control System""; ""Chapter 3: The War Department, 1900�1916: General Supply and Military Technology""; ""Chapter 4: Technology, Doctrine, and Reform, 1885�1916""; ""Chapter 5: The Wilson Administration at War: Foreign Policy, Military Strategy, and Army Mobilization""

""Chapter 6: Reorganizing the War Department and Building the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917�1918""""Chapter 7: Coordinating Industry and Transportation: The View from the War Department, 1917�1918""; ""Chapter 8: Coalition War-making, 1917�1918""; ""Chapter 9: General Supplies, Artillery, and Smokeless Power""; ""Chapter 10: Motor Transport, Tanks, Aircraft, and Communications Equipment""; ""Chapter 11: Digesting the War Experience, 1919�1940""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63101-021-2