Promotional Information

Examines concrete battlefield tactics, army regulations, and theoretical works on war to demonstrate that as a cultural construction, warfare and ways of warfare can be transnational and can influence other nations

Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 A French Way of Warfare 2 Bringing French Warfare to America, 1814-1848 3 American Adaptation of French Warfare, 1848-1865 4 German Professionalism and American Warfare, 1865-1899 5 American Warfare in the Progressive Era, 1899-1918 6 The End of French Influence on American Warfare, 1918-1941 ConclusionNotes Index About the Author

About the Author

Michael A. Bonura is a Major in the United States Army, and is currently serving in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. From 2006 to 2009, he was Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY.

Reviews

"One of the things that gives this work its power is that the author is at home in discussing both doctrine and battle in a way that most historians are not... An impressive author ... at home in both the French and U.S. sources, and equally comfortable analyzing the battlefield and military ideas." Robert M. Citino, Military History Center, University of North Texas