Emory Upton Misunderstood Reformer |
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| Author:
| Fitzpatrick, David J. |
| Series title: | Campaigns and Commanders Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-5720-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Emory Upton (1839-1881) is widely recognized as one of America's most influential military thinkers. His works--
The Armies of Asia and Europe and
The Military Policy of the United States--fueled the army's intellectual ferment in the late nineteenth century and guided Secretary of War Elihu Root's reforms in the early 1900s. Yet as David J. Fitzpatrick contends, Upton is also widely misunderstood as an antidemocratic militaristic zealot whose ideas were "too...
More DescriptionEmory Upton (1839-1881) is widely recognized as one of America's most influential military thinkers. His works--The Armies of Asia and Europe and The Military Policy of the United States--fueled the army's intellectual ferment in the late nineteenth century and guided Secretary of War Elihu Root's reforms in the early 1900s. Yet as David J. Fitzpatrick contends, Upton is also widely misunderstood as an antidemocratic militaristic zealot whose ideas were "too Prussian" for America. In this first full biography in nearly half a century, Fitzpatrick, the leading authority on Upton, radically revises our view of this important figure in American military thought.