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An analysis of West Point's development of military science curriculum in the first half of the nineteenth century and its effect on preparations for, and conduct of, the Civil War.

This collection of essays brings together historians and policy scholars whose chapters offer insight into the ways the U.S. military manages the sexual behaviors, practices, and identities of its service members.

Shannon Bontrager examines the culture of death, burial, and commemoration of fallen American soldiers in the Civil War, the Spanish-Cuban-American War, the Philippine-American War, and World War I. He links the cultural and political history of American war dead to explore the transatlantic and transpacific contexts of America's imperial ambitions.

G. Kurt Piehler underscores the significant institutional and cultural shift in the place of religion in the armed forces during World War II.

Deborah Bauer presents the history of French espionage and counterespionage services in the era of their professionalization, arguing that the expansion of surveillance practices reflects a change in understandings of how best to protect the nation.

Indian Soldiers in World War I follows the experiences of Indian soldiers deployed to battlefields in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East during World War I; the contested representations British and Indian audiences drew from the soldiers' wartime experiences; and the impacts these had on the British Empire's racial politics.

Makes a strong case for the importance of psychological warfare (psywar) in this theater, countering the usual view of fanatical resistance by Japanese units. This title examines the Imperial Army's training, the strengths and weaknesses of Japanese morale, and the Allies' attempts to exploit the Japanese military structure and ethos.

Argues that the emergence of strong and complicated Puerto Rican national identities is deeply rooted in the long history of colonial military organisations on the island. Harry Franqui-Rivera examines the patterns of inclusion-exclusion within the military and the various forms of citizenship that are subsequently transformed into socioeconomic and political enfranchisement.

For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called ""ships of the line"" dominated war at sea and were instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France. This book, the first joint history of these great navies, offers a uniquely impartial and comprehensive picture of the two forces.

Describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I's trench warfare, turned to the progressive ideas of efficiency and economy in an effort to reform war itself, with the heavy bomber as their solution to limiting the bloodshed. They were convinced that the airplane, used as a bombing platform, offered the means to make wars less lethal than conflicts waged by armies or navies.

In this groundbreaking work, David Raub Snyder offers a nuanced investigation into the German army's prosecution and punishment of sex offenders during the Second World War. In so doing, Snyder restores balance to the literature regarding the military administration of justice under Hitler and to the historiography of sexuality and the Third Reich.

Examines the turbulent development of relations between US Army aviation leaders and civilian officials during the 1920s and 1930s. Rondall R. Rice demonstrates that during the interwar period, civil-military relations between Army aviation leaders and civilian officials developed unevenly from confrontation to cooperation.

The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of German nationalism and the unification of Germany as a powerful nation-state. This title presents a study of modern Germany's morbid fascination with the war, and shows how the passionate argument over the 'meaning' of the Thirty Years' War shaped the Germans' conception of their nation.

Examines the legacy of submarine warfare in the American imagination. Combining nautical adventure, military history, and underwater archaeology, Dubbs shares the previously untold story of German submarines and their impact on American culture and reveals their legacy and Americans' attitudes toward this new wonder weapon.

The advent of poison gas in World War I shocked Britons at various levels of society, yet by the end of the conflict their nation was a leader in chemical warfare. This work uncovers the complicated history of this weapon of total war and illustrates the widening involvement of society in warfare.

Drawing on hundreds of court-martial transcripts published by the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, Policing Sex and Marriage in the American Military explores how the American military justice system policed the marital and sexual relationships of the service community in an effort to normalize heterosexual, monogamous marriage as the linchpin of the military's social order.

Historians depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside. This book demonstrates that, to the contrary, militia remained an active civil institution in early nineteenth century, affecting era's social, political, and economic transitions.

The Manchu Qing victory over the Chinese Ming Dynasty in the mid-seventeenth century was one of the most surprising and traumatic developments in China's long history. On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger is the first Western study to examine in detail the aftermath of the Qing conquest by focusing on the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition.

This story about a little-known failed military excursion by the Japanese will appeal to general history readers as well as military history buffs.--John Rodzvilla, Library JournalNear the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and high-explosive bombs designed to follow the westerly winds of the upper atmosphere and drift to the west coast of North America. After reaching the mainland, these fu-go, the Japanese hoped, would terrorize American citizens and ignite devastating forest fires across the western states, ultimately causing the United States to divert wartime resources to deal with the domestic crisis. While the fu-go offensive proved to be a complete tactical failure, six Americans lost their lives when a discovered balloon exploded.Ross Coen provides a fascinating look into the obscure history of the fu-go campaign, from the Japanese schoolgirls who manufactured the balloons by hand to the generals in the U.S. War Department who developed defense procedures. The book delves into panic, propaganda, and media censorship in wartime.Fu-go is a compelling story of a little-known episode in our national history that unfolded virtually unseen.

Analyzes the impact of European military institutions on Hispanic America in general and examines the putative "Prussianization" of the Chilean army in particular. This title focuses on Chile's attempt to import and assimilate foreign military methods, doctrine, and materiel.

By tracing the changing role of the officer corps from its position in a National Socialist dictatorship to its current status in a Western-style democracy, this title illuminates both the development of a democratic ideology in the Federal Republic and the influence of warfare in German society.

United States entered the Great War in 1917. Offering a collection of more than one hundred letters that he wrote to his fiancee, the author describes his experiences during World War-I as part of the famed 42nd, or Rainbow, Division.

Examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. This title includes an introduction describing the intellectual and practical challenges facing the military reformer in peacetime.

1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. Employing the primary and secondary sources, William F. Sater offers the definitive analysis of the conflict's naval and military campaigns.

More than twelve thousand American Indians served in the United States military in World War I, even though many were not US citizens and did not enjoy the benefits of enfranchisement. Using the words of the veterans themselves, North American Indians in the Great War presents the experiences of American Indian veterans during World War I and after their return home.

Examines twenty-five hundred years of human conflicts and their varied impacts on civilian society. This book features case studies that examine what military forces did to non-combatants in the area of their operations, and why they did it and how they justified their actions. It focuses on the practical realities of war.

Much research has been done on Western warfare and state building but very little on the military effectiveness of states, until now. Using South Asia as a case study, The State at War in South Asia examines how the state, from prehistory to modern times, has managed to wage war.

Japan's war in Asia and the Pacific from 1937 to 1945 remains a subject of great interest, yet the wartime Japanese army remains little understood outside Japan. In a series of searching examinations of the structure, ethos, and goals of the Japanese military establishment, this title offers fresh material on its tactics, operations, and doctrine.