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Reminiscences of Conrad S. Babcock: The Old U.S. Army and the New, 1898-1918 (American Military Experience (University of Missouri))
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Description for Reminiscences of Conrad S. Babcock: The Old U.S. Army and the New, 1898-1918 (American Military Experience (University of Missouri))
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ferrell, Robert H. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
The son of an army officer, Conrad S. Babcock graduated from West Point in 1898, just in time for the opening of the Spanish-American War. Because of his father's position, he managed to secure a place in the force that Major General Wesley Merritt led to Manila to secure the city. The Philippine Insurrection, as Americans described it, began shortly after he arrived. What Babcock observed in subsequent months and years, and details in his memoir, was the remarkable transition the U.S. Army was undergoing. From after the Civil War until just before the Spanish War, the army amounted to ... Read more
The son of an army officer, Conrad S. Babcock graduated from West Point in 1898, just in time for the opening of the Spanish-American War. Because of his father's position, he managed to secure a place in the force that Major General Wesley Merritt led to Manila to secure the city. The Philippine Insurrection, as Americans described it, began shortly after he arrived. What Babcock observed in subsequent months and years, and details in his memoir, was the remarkable transition the U.S. Army was undergoing. From after the Civil War until just before the Spanish War, the army amounted to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826219817
SKU
V9780826219817
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About Ferrell
Robert H. Ferrell is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University. He is the author or editor of over sixty books, most recently Unjustly Dishonored: An African American Division in World War I (University of Missouri Press). He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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