After the trenches
Subtitle: the transformation of the U.S. Army, 1918-1939
By: William O. Odom.
Series: Texas A&M University military history series ; [MARC+97][MARC+86]v́ no. 64; Texas A & M University military history series -- 64.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603440813
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- 20th century; Military doctrine -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Doctrine and the United States Army; title: pt. 1. Field service regulations 1923: lessons from the front; title: ch. 1. Toward an American army; title: ch. 2. Toward an American doctrine; title: ch. 3. Confirming the lessons of the past; title: ch. 4. Looking to the future; title: ch. 5. The rise of army doctrine; title: pt. 2. Field service regulations 1939: doctrine in the doldrums; title: ch. 6. The army in the twenties; title: ch. 7. The army in the thirties; title: ch. 8. Writing field service regulations 1939; title: ch. 9. Doctrine in the doldrums; title: ch. 10. Foreign influences on American military thought; title: ch. 11. Roots of deficient doctrine; title: ch. 12. The doctrine development system.