How the U.S. Army Came of Age
by Mackubin Thomas Owens May 8, 2017 4:00 AM
In the early 20th century, the U.S. Army’s ‘Root reforms’ transformed the service by institutionalizing professional military education and creating a general staff. In June 2007, at a seminar at the U.S. Military Academy, I spent a pleasant evening speaking with a young Army captain who was completing his Ph.D. in history at Duke University, working on a topic of great interest to me: the Root reforms of the U.S. Army in the early 20th century, which “professionalized” the service by institutionalizing professional military education and creating a general staff.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447407/preparing-for-war-j-p-clark-book-review-us-army
