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Book Synopsis America's School for War by : Peter J. Schifferle
Download or read book America's School for War written by Peter J. Schifferle and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the United States entered World War II, it took more than industrial might to transform its tiny army—smaller than even Portugal's—into an overseas fighting force of more than eight and a half million. Peter Schifferle contends that the determination of American army officers to be prepared for the next big war was an essential component in America's ultimate triumph over its adversaries. Crucial to that preparation were the army schools at Fort Leavenworth. Interwar Army officers, haunted by the bloodshed of World War I's Meuse-Argonne Offensive, fully expected to return to Europe to conclude the "unfinished business" of that conflict, and they prepared well. Schifferle examines for the first time precisely how they accomplished this through a close and illuminating look at the students, faculty, curriculum, and essential methods of instruction at Fort Leavenworth. He describes how the interwar officer corps there translated the experiences of World War I into effective doctrine, engaged in intellectual debate on professional issues, conducted experiments to determine the viability of new concepts, and used military professional education courses to substitute for the experience of commanding properly organized and resourced units. Schifferle highlights essential elements of war preparation that only the Fort Leavenworth education could provide, including intensive instruction in general staff procedures, hands-on experience with the principles and techniques of combined arms, and the handling of large division-sized formations in combat. This readied army officers for an emerging new era of global warfare and enabled them to develop the leadership decision making they would need to be successful on the battlefield. But Schifferle offers more than a recitation of curriculum development through the skillful interweaving of personal stories about both school experiences and combat operations, collectively recounting the human and professional development of the officer corps from 1918 to 1945. Well crafted and insightful, Schifferle's meticulously researched study shows how and why the Fort Leavenworth experience was instrumental in producing that impressive contingent of military officers who led the U.S. Army to final victory in World War II. By the end of the book, the attentive reader will also fully comprehend why the military professionals at Fort Leavenworth have come to think of it as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."
Book Synopsis My Six Convicts by : Donald Powell Wilson
Download or read book My Six Convicts written by Donald Powell Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... a psychologist's brilliant account of three years he spent in Leavenworth, studying the weird, pathetic, yet often hilarious quirks of the criminal mind"--Cover.
Book Synopsis Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth in the 1930s and Early 1940s by :
Download or read book Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Leavenworth in the 1930s and Early 1940s written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the transcript of a television interview with four African American veterans who served at Forty Leavenworth, Kansas, between the world wars.
Book Synopsis Summoned at Midnight by : Richard A. Serrano
Download or read book Summoned at Midnight written by Richard A. Serrano and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the hidden world of the military legal system and the intimate history of racism that pervaded the armed forces long after integration. Richard A. Serrano reveals how racial discrimination in the US military criminal justice system determined whose lives mattered and deserved a second chance and whose did not. Between 1955 and 1961, a group of white and black condemned soldiers lived together on death row at Fort Leavenworth military prison. Although convicted of equally heinous crimes, all the white soldiers were eventually paroled and returned to their families, spared by high-ranking army officers, the military courts, sympathetic doctors, highly trained attorneys, the White House staff, or President Eisenhower himself. During the same 6-year period, only black soldiers were hanged. Some were cognitively challenged, others addicted to substances or mentally unbalanced—the same mitigating circumstances that had won white soldiers their death row reprieves. These men lacked the benefits of political connections, expert lawyers, or public support; only their mothers begged fruitlessly for their lives to be spared. By 1960, John Bennett was the youngest black inmate at Fort Leavenworth. His lost battle for clemency was fought between 2 vastly different presidential administrations—Eisenhower’s and Kennedy’s—as the civil rights movement was gaining steam. Drawing on interviews, trial transcripts, and rarely published archival material, Serrano brings to life the characters in this lost history: from desperate mothers and disheartened appeals lawyers, to the prison doctors, psychiatrists, and chaplains. He shines a light on the scandalous legal maneuvering that reached the doors of the White House and the disparity in capital punishment that was cut so strictly along racial lines.
Book Synopsis Fort Leavenworth by : Kenneth M. LaMaster
Download or read book Fort Leavenworth written by Kenneth M. LaMaster and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 17, 1827, Col. Henry Leavenworth received orders from Washington. Along with four companies of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, he departed from the Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, traveled up the Missouri River, and selected a site for a permanent settlement. Cantonment Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, and renamed Fort Leavenworth on February 8, 1832. Since then, it has grown and met the demands of the U.S. Army. From the protection of pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail to peacekeeping missions among the Native Americans, the fort's role in the nation's expansion westward is second to none. Fort Leavenworth has continually reinvented itself to meet the challenges facing the nation. From training units during the Civil War to army education during Operation Enduring Freedom, the fort's many schools have stood true to their motto: Ad bellum pace parati (prepared in peace for war).
Book Synopsis Fort Leavenworth Ongoing Mission by :
Download or read book Fort Leavenworth Ongoing Mission written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Brief History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1983 by : John W. Partin
Download or read book A Brief History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1983 written by John W. Partin and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Notes of a Military Recomnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego in California by : William Hemsley Emory
Download or read book Notes of a Military Recomnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego in California written by William Hemsley Emory and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West by : George Walton
Download or read book Sentinel of the Plains: Fort Leavenworth and the American West written by George Walton and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has played a vital role in the maturing processes of both the United States Army and the United States. Lewis and Clark, whose expedition introduced the Louisiana Purchase to the American people, were the initial instruments of that spirit of "Manifest Destiny" which eventuated in the establishment of Fort Leavenworth, a post that was to play an instrumental role in the "settling" of the West and every American war fought after 1827. The fort, built by Colonel Leavenworth between Missouri and Little Platte rivers, was, from its inception, located in a storm center of American history. The area known as Kansas adapted violently to civilization's cultivating hoe. Indians, the original landowners, through unhonored treaties and brute force, were systematically pushed off their land; Brigham Young and his "fanatical" brethren tried unsuccessfully to sink roots there; ferocious fighting between slave owners and abolitionists gave currency to the term "Bleeding Kansas"; during the Civil War Kansas was the scene of the savage battle known as "Gettysburg of the West." After the Union's victory and the eventual pacification of the area, the post became the first Army Tactical School in a pilot program that proved to be extremely successful; Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton were three of many Leavenworth graduates who distinguished themselves in World War II. The Fort and Kansas have experienced numerous transitions, but the importance of Leavenworth in America's defense is still vital today. Carefully researched and vividly written, George Walton's Sentinel of the Plains follows in fascinating detail the forced march American civilization made "from Sea to shining Sea" -- Book jacket.
Book Synopsis History of Fort Leavenworth While a Frontier Post by : Maynard Downees
Download or read book History of Fort Leavenworth While a Frontier Post written by Maynard Downees and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Campaigns, February, 1862 by : United States. Army Service Schools (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.)
Download or read book Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Campaigns, February, 1862 written by United States. Army Service Schools (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.) and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Notes of a Military Reconnaissance by : United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Download or read book Notes of a Military Reconnaissance written by United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Fort Leavenworth 1827-1927 by : Elvid Hunt
Download or read book History of Fort Leavenworth 1827-1927 written by Elvid Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers by : United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Download or read book Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers written by United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Disciplinary Barracks by : Peter J. Grande
Download or read book United States Disciplinary Barracks written by Peter J. Grande and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 21, 1874, Congress approved the establishment of the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), formerly the United States Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth. The original prison was once a quartermaster depot, supplying all military posts, camps, and stations in the Indian Territory to the West. It has been the "center of correctional excellence" in the military for over 130 years, housing the most notorious service members in the armed forces, including maximum-custody inmates and those with death sentences. On October 5, 2002, retreat was played for the last time in front of the eight-story castle inside the old USDB, and another era started with the occupation of a new modern correctional facility.
Book Synopsis Official Register of the United States by : United States. Department of the Interior
Download or read book Official Register of the United States written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis House Documents by : USA House of Representatives
Download or read book House Documents written by USA House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
