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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Published inThe Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 1154 - 1157
Main Author Reid, Brian Holden
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Organization of American Historians 01.03.2007
Subjects
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
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
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Summary: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.
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Readers may contact Reid at brian.reid@kcl.ac.uk.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
1936-0967
DOI:10.2307/25094602