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科图分类法:
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E712.3-09 版次： |
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中图分类法:
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E712.3 版次： |
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著者:
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Clifford, J. Garry |
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题名:
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The citizen soldiers : [ the Plattsburg training camp movement, 1913-1920 /] / , |
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版次:
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New edition. |
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出版发行:
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出版地： Lexington, Kentucky : 出版社： University Press of Kentucky, 出版日期： 2015. |
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载体形态:
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xv, 326 pages ; 23 cm. |
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附注:
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"Published for the Organization of American Historians"--Page before title page. |
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内容提要:
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The Citizen Soldiers explores the military reform movement that took its name from the famous Business Men's Military Training Camps at Plattsburg, New York. It also illuminates the story of two exceptional men: General Leonard Wood, the rambunctious and controversial former Rough Rider who galvanized the Plattsburg Idea with his magnetic personality; and Grenville Clark, a young Wall Street lawyer. The Plattsburg camps strove to advertise the lack of military preparation in the United States and stressed the military obligation every man owed to his country. Publicized by individuals who voluntarily underwent military training, the preparedness movement rapidly took shape in the years prior to America's entry into the First World War. Far from b |