TY - BOOK AU - Coffman,Edward M. ED - Project Muse. TI - The embattled past: reflections on military history SN - 9780813142685 AV - E181 .C66 2014 U1 - 355.00973 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Lexington, Kentucky PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - United States KW - Army KW - History KW - Military historians KW - History, Military KW - Historiography KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813142685/ ER -