Emory Upton, 60: Misunderstood Reformer

by David J. Fitzpatrick

Emory Upton (1839-1881) is widely recognized as one of America's most influential military thinkers. His works--The Armies of Asia and Europe and The Military Policy of the United States--fueled the army's intellectual ferment in the late nineteenth century and guided Secretary of War Elihu Root's reforms in the early 1900s. Yet as David J. Fitzpatrick contends, Upton is also widely misunderstood as an antidemocratic militaristic zealot...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157208
• ISBN13: 9780806157207
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"