American army life /

Describes the individual American soldier since revolutionary times, with many illustrations of training and peacetime duties, and battlefield scenes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elting, John Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, ©1982.
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Table of Contents:
  • The colonial soldier
  • Soldiers for independence
  • The frontier soldier, 1784-1845
  • Soldiers of manifest destiny
  • Soldiers of the Civil War
  • The Indian-fighting soldier, 1866-97
  • Soldiers of empire, 1898-1916
  • Soldiers for democracy, 1917-40
  • Soldiers of the long wars
  • Soldiers of tomorrow.