Real Soldiering : The Us Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980, Hardcover b...

by Brian Mcallister Linn

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Real Soldiering : The Us Army in the Aftermath of War, 1, Hardcover by Linn, Brian McAllister, ISBN 0700634754, ISBN-13 9780700634750, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that remains is the Regular Army? In this pathbreaking work, Brian Linn argues that in each decade following every major conflict since the War of 1812 the postwar army has undergone a long, painful, and remarkably consistent recovery process as it struggled to build a new model force to replace the “Old Army” that entered the conflict. Departing from the Washington-centric institutional histories of the past, Linn sets his focus on soldiering in the field, distilling the lived experiences of officers and troopers who were responsible for cleaning up the messes left in the wake of war. Real Soldiering provides the first comprehensive study of the US Army’s transition from war to peace. It is both a wide-ranging history of the army’s postwar experience and a work detailing the commonalities of American soldiering over almost two centuries. Linn challenges three common historical interpretations: confusing Washington policy with implementation in the field; conflating postwar armies with prewar armies; and describing certain postwar eras as distinct and transformational. Rather, Linn examines the postwar force as a distinct entity worthy of study as a unique and important part of US Army history. He identifies

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780700634750
• Condition: Good

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