The Hilt of the Sword; The Career of Peyton C. March
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1966. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [3], 346, Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some foxing to fore-edge. DJ soiled and scuffed with small tears and small pieces missing. Edward M. Coffman (January 27, 1929 – September 16, 2020) was a military historian and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus. He taught at Memphis State University for two years and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1961–92). He was Forrest Pogue's research assistant on the first volume of his biography of George C. Marshall. Coffman spent a year each as a visiting professor at U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, Army War College, and the Army Command and General Staff College. Coffman has a member of the Society for Military History since 1956,. He served on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (1972–76) and the Department of the Army History Committee. The Army awarded him the Commander's Award for Public Service, Outstanding Civilian Service Award, and Distinguished Civilian Service Award. In 1991, the Society for Military History gave him the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for his contribution to military history. ABC-CLIO gave him the Spencer Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Military History. In addition to research in secondary scholarly works, he depended on unpublished and published memoirs and records as well as oral history and correspondence, particularly in his books on World War I and his most recent book about the Regular Army. His research files have been donated to the George C. Marshall Foundation. Campaign and battle histories of the role of the United States army in World War I are plentiful, and yet historians have all but ignored the crucial administrative and institutional developments which made possible that army's contribution to the Allied war effort. This study by Edward M. Coffman does much to restore a true perspective. Concentrating on the important and controversial career of General Peyton C. March as Army Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921, he uses the vehicle of biography to achieve a fascinating study of the military arm of the United States government at a time of profound change and drastic reorganization. Condition: Good / Fair.
Keywords: Peyton C. March, Spanish-American War, WWI, Chief of Staff, Philippines, War Department, United States Army, Demobilization, Military Policy, Newton Baker, Frederick Palmer, Tasker Bliss, James Harbord, John J. Pershing, Shipping, Army Reorganization
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