num_pages: 488
description: This volume traces the evolution of the American military, its institutions, strategic doctrines, and technology. The selections provide a social and institutional focus of the "new" military history, and follow the metamorphosis of the militia, the professionalization of the officers' corps, and the course of civilian control of the military.
language: English
title: Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays
titlecomplete: Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)
genres: American History, Textbooks, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 68
series: Major Problems in American History
publisher: Houghton Mifflin