The embattled past [electronic resource] : reflections on military history / Edward M. Coffman.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780813142685
- 355.00973 23
- E181 .C66 2014
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.
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