The Harmon memorial lectures in military history, 1959-1987 : a collection of the first thirty Harmon lectures given at the United States Air Force Academy / Collection of the first thirty Harmon lectures given at the United States Air Force Academy Harmon memorial lectures edited by Harry R. Borowski. - Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1988. - xxi, 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Special studies . - Special studies (United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History) .

Spine title: The Harmon memorial lectures. No longer available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O. Shipping list no.: 89-553-P.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why military history? / The influence of air power upon historians / The military leadership of the North and the South / John J. Pershing and the anatomy of leadership / Leadership in the old Air Force : a postgraduate assignment / Mr. Roosevelt's three wars : FDR as war leader / Pacific command : a study in interservice relations / George Washington and George Marshall : some reflections on the American military tradition / George C. Marshall : global commander / The many faces of George S. Patton, Jr. / Command crisis : MacArthur and the Korean War / Soldiering in Tsarist Russia / The young officer in the old Army / Perspectives in the history of military education and professionalism / Napoleon and maneuver warfare / Problems of coalition warfare : the military alliance against Napoleon, 1813-1814 / Strategy and policy in twentieth-century warfare / The historical development of contemporary strategy / The strategist's short catechism : six questions without answers / Innovation and reform in warfare / The war of ideas : the United States Navy, 1870-1890 / An enduring challenge : the problem of Air Force doctrine / Operation POINTBLANK : a tale of bombers and fighters / The American Revolution today / Western perceptions and Asian realities / The military in the service of the state / The contribution of the frontier to the American military tradition / The end of militarism / Military planning and national policy : German overtures to two World Wars / United against : American culture and society during World War II / W. Frank Craven -- Noel F. Parrish -- T. Harry Williams -- Frank E. Vandiver -- David MacIsaac -- Maurice Matloff -- Louis Morton -- Don Higginbotham -- Forrest C. Pogue -- Martin Blumenson -- D. Clayton James -- John L.H. Keep -- Edward M. Coffman -- Richard A. Preston -- Steven T. Ross -- Gordon A. Craig -- Michael Howard -- Theodore Ropp -- Philip A. Crowl -- Peter Paret -- Elting E. Morison -- I.B. Holley, Jr. -- William R. Emerson -- John W. Shy -- Akira Iriye -- John Winthrop Hackett -- Robert M. Utley -- Russell F. Weigley -- Harold C. Deutsch -- John M. Blum -- Lieutenant General Hubert Reilly Harmon -- Part I. Military history -- Part II. Biography and leadership -- Part III. Soldiers and armies -- Part IV : Strategy and tactics -- Part V : Military thought and reform -- Part VI : The military and society -- Appendix : Harmon Memorial Lectures.

0912799587 9780912799582 9780912799483 091279948X

008-070-00625-1 GPO

88038163


Military art and science--History.
Moore Papers Collection.
Armed Forces.
Military art and science.
Militär
Geschichte
Aufsatzsammlung


United States--History, Military.
United States--Armed Forces--History.
United States.
USA.


Government publications--United States.
History.
Military history.

E181 / .H27 1988

355/.00973

0422-M-01

D 301.82/4:H 23