A Scientific Way of War: Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought
(Part of the Studies in War, Society, and the Military Series)
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While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy graduates serving throughout the country, Enlightenment thinking persisted, asserting that war was governable by a grand theory accessible through the study of military science. Officers of the regular army and instructors at the military academy and their political superiors all believed strongly in the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1496230558
ISBN13:9781496230553
Release Date:June 2022
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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