2 edition of Arms and men ; a study in American military history found in the catalog.
Arms and men ; a study in American military history
Walter Millis
Published
1956
by Capricorn Books in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
5
| Series | A Capricorn Giant -- 285 |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | 382 p. |
| Number of Pages | 382 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL22215586M |
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In Arms and Men, Walter Millis has helped to explain not only how war has come to dominate our age, but the often troubled, anomalous relationship between the military and the rest of American society.
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Millis analyzes American military history in the light of major social, economic, and political themes to include the democratization of war, the industrial revolution, the scientific revolution, and so forth/5.
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