THREE PLAYS.

Literature & Fiction

Clark, J. P.

Dramas & Plays

Oxford University Press

The U.S. Army has always regarded preparing for war as its peacetime role, but how it fulfilled that duty has changed dramatically over time. J. P. Clark traces the evolution of the Army between the War of 1812 and World War I, showing how differing personal experiences of war and peace among successive generations of professional soldiers left their mark upon the Army and its ways.
Nineteenth-century officers believed that generalship and battlefield command were more a matter of innate ability than anything institutions could teach. They saw no benefit in conceptual preparation beyond mastering technical skills like engineering and gunnery. Thus, preparations for war were largely confined to maintaining equipment and fortifications and instilling discipline in the enlisted ranks through parade ground drill. By World War I, however, Progressive Era concepts of professionalism had infiltrated the Army. Younger officers took for granted that war’s complexity required them to be trained to think and act alike―a notion that would have offended earlier generations. Preparing for War concludes by demonstrating how these new notions set the conditions for many of the successes―and some of the failures―of General Pershing’s American Expeditionary Forces.

Preparing for War: The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815–1917

History

Americas

Harvard University Press

America, Their America

Apollo

In this new collection of poems, he communicates sensitivity, warmth and nostalgia - a glance at the past. The collection contains twenty five poems divided into two sections: A Lot from Paradise, and Other Lives.

A Lot from Paradise

Poetry

Malthouse Pr

In the European scamble for Africa towards the end of the 19th century, Britain declared itself for the Oil Rivers Protectorate to gain monopoly of the palm oil trade in what is now part of the land it put together as a country. Later it formed the first Federation of Nigeria with the former Royal Niger Company as its principle commercial operator, and the indigenous people of tha area, the Niger Delta, the suppliers of raw materials that Britian needed for its factories. The author is one of Africa's foremost poets. Drawing upon offcial documents and the oral tradition he presents a powerful panorama of the players in the original drama of the creation of Nigeria.

All for Oil (Codesria Book Series)

Malthouse Press

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