McGovern Rory George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 9780700627707

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Автор: McGovern Rory
Название: George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
ISBN: 9780700627707
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

Военная история

Военные действия и оборона

ISBN-10: 0700627707
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 328
Вес: 0.63 кг.
Дата издания: 31.03.2023
Язык: English
Размер: H 229 X W 152
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,Military history,Warfare & defence, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military,HISTORY / Military / United States,HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Подзаголовок: Change and continuity in the gilded age and progressive era
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Best known for leading the construction of the Panama Canal, George W. Goethals (1858–1928) also played a key role in the decades-long reform that transformed the American military from a frontier constabulary to the expeditionary force of an ascendant world power. George W. Goethals and the Army is at once the first full account of Goethals's life and military career in ninety years and an in-depth analysis of the process that defined his generation's military service—the evolution of the US Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

George W. Goethals was a lieutenant and a captain during the post-Reconstruction years of debate about reform and the future of the army. He was a major when the most significant reforms were created, and he helped with their implementation. As a major general during World War I, he directed a significant part of the army's adaptation, resolving crises in the mobilization effort caused largely by years of internal resistance to reform. Following Goethals's career and analyzing reform from his unique perspective, military historian Rory McGovern effectively shifts the focus away from the intent and toward the reality of reform—revealing the importance of the interaction between society, institutional structures, and institutional culture in the process. In this analysis, Goethals's experiences, military thought, managerial philosophy, conceptions of professionalism, and attitude about training and development provide a framework for understanding the army's institutional culture and his generation's relative ambivalence about reform.

In its portrait of an officer whose career bridged the distance between military generations, George W. Goethals and the Army also offers a compelling and complex interpretation of American military reform during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era—and valuable insight into the larger dynamics of institutional change that are as relevant today as they were a century ago.
Дополнительное описание: Military history|Warfare and defence|History of the Americas

George W. Goethals and the Army: Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, McGovern Rory