Exploring neglected themes and throwing new light on its history, a team of leading American military historians investigate the factors that shaped the United States Army in the nineteenth century.

1. The Vistas of American Military History PART 1: GENERAL THEMES 2. The Commanding Generals and the Question of Civil Control in the Antebellum U.S. Army 3. John M. Schofield and the 'Multipurpose' Army 4. A Part or Apart: The Alleged Isolation of Antebellum U.S. Army Officers PART 2: SPECIAL SUBJECTS 5. How the Army Became Accepted: West Point Socialization, Military Accountability, and the Nation-State During the Jacksonian Era 6. Leaders for Manifest Destiny: American Volunteer Colonels Serving in the U.S.-Mexican War 7. Soldier of the Pen: The Literary Careers of Richard Taylor, John Bell Hood, and W. H. Tunnard 8. 'Romantic, isn't it, Miss Dandridge?': Sources and Meanings of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy

Dr Brian Holden-Reid, Joseph G Dawson III