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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bonura, Michael A. (1974-....)
Titre(s) : Under the shadow of Napoleon [Texte imprimé] : French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / Michael A. Bonura
Publication : New York : New York University Press, c2012
Description matérielle : xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Warfare and culture series
Lien à la collection : Warfare and culture series
Comprend : A French way of warfare ; Bringing French warfare to America 1814-1848 ; American
adaptation of French warfare 1848-1865 ; German professionalism and American warfare
1865-1899 ; American warfare in the Progressive Era 1899-1918 ; The end of French
influence on American warfare 1918-1941.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The way an army thinks about and understands warfare has a tremendous impact on its
organization, training, and operations. Central ideas of that understanding form a
nation's way of warfare that influences decisions on and off the battlefield. From
the disasters of the War of 1812, Winfield Scott ensured that America adopted a series
of ideas formed in the crucible of the Wars of the French Revolution and epitomized
by Napoleon. Reflecting American cultural changes, these French ideas dominated American
warfare on battlefields of the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American
War, and World War I. America remained committed to these ideas until cultural pressures
and the successes of German Blitzkrieg from 1939-1940 led George C. Marshall to orchestrate
the adoption of a different understanding of warfare. Michael A. Bonura examines concrete
battlefield tactics, army regulations, and theoretical works on war as they were presented
in American army education manuals, professional journals, and popular press, to demonstrate
that as a cultural construction, warfare and ways of warfare can be transnational
and influence other nations
Sujet(s) : Art et science militaires -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
Art et science militaires -- France -- 1789-1815
Histoire militaire -- États-Unis -- 1800-....
France -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Influence
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780814709429 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0814709427 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9780814723173 (ebook). - ISBN 0814723179 (ebook). - ISBN 9780814709436 (ebook). -
ISBN 0814709435 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43628233s
Notice n° :
FRBNF43628233
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