American Military History: The Need for Comparative Analysis

There are many parallels between the British and American military cultures. They have shared a hostility to military professionalism and elevated the status of the amateur. They have exhibited a suspicion of large standing armies, and both came late to the "general staff revolution" of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2007-03, Vol.93 (4), p.1154-1157
1. Verfasser:	Reid, Brian Holden
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American history American literature American Military History: A Round Table Armed forces Comparative analysis Cultural identity Historians Ideology International relations Literary criticism Military culture Military history Qualitative comparative analysis Spanish-American War United States history United States military history War Warfare Writing
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Zusammenfassung:	There are many parallels between the British and American military cultures. They have shared a hostility to military professionalism and elevated the status of the amateur. They have exhibited a suspicion of large standing armies, and both came late to the "general staff revolution" of the 187Os.
ISSN:	0021-8723 1945-2314
DOI:	10.2307/25094602