Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1 A Profession Born in War 10
6. 2 Trials on the Frontier and in Mexico 37
7. 3 The First Upheaval 64
8. 4 The Civil War’s Legacy 99
9. 5 Between Old and New 129
10. 6 The Second Upheaval 163
11. 7 Old Soldiers in a New Army 197
12. 8 The Great War 231
13. Epilogue 269
14. Abbreviations 279
15. Notes 281
16. Acknowledgments 323
17. Index 325