The regulars
Subtitle: the American Army, 1898-1941
By: Edward M. Coffman.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- 20th century; United States. -- Army -- Military life
Description: "In 1898, the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.