IV. Dennis Hart Mahan: The Professionalism of West Point

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XIII
4. I. The Dual Military Legacy of the Revolution 1
5. II. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton: Military Professionalism in Early Republican Style 10
6. III. John C. Calhoun: The Expansible Army Plan 30
7. IV. Dennis Hart Mahan: The Professionalism of West Point 38
8. V. Henry W. Halleck and George B. McClellan: The Disciples of Dennis Mahan 54
9. VI. William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant: The Rise of Total War 79
10. VII. Emory Upton: The Major Prophet of Professionalism 100
11. VIII. John A. Logan: The Rebuttal for a Citizen Army 127
12. IX. The Disciples of Emory Upton 137
13. X. John M. Schofield: An American Plan of Command 162
14. XI. R. M. Johnston: The Search for an Escape from Uptonian Despair 177
15. XII. Leonard Wood: The Inevitability of a Citizen Army 199
16. XIII. John McAuley Palmer and George C. Marshall: Universal Military Training 223
17. Epilogue 250
18. Notes 255
19. Bibliography 277
20. Index 287