Ballisticians in War and Peace. A History of the United States Army Ballistic Research Laboratories. Volume 2. 1957-1976,

The chapter covers the early history of what will become known as the tank and the creation of the United States Tank Corps. Patton is the first “tanker” in American military history. After leaving the staff of John J. Pershing, Patton embarks on an educational journey to learn about tanks. He attends tank school in France and tours the Renault tank factory. It is here that he learns to drive a tank and selects the Renault light tank for use by the United States Army. The Renault tank is covered in detail, and Patton prepares to establish the American light tank school in France.

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History of the United States Army

International Affairs ◽

10.1093/ia/45.1.189 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 189-189

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United States Army ◽

The United States ◽

History Of

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The Secret Life of Statutes: A Century of the Trading with the Enemy Act

Modern American History ◽

10.1017/mah.2018.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 151-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Benjamin A. Coates

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Economic Sanctions ◽

The United States ◽

War And Peace ◽

American Power ◽

History Of ◽

The Law ◽

National Emergency ◽

American State

In 1917 Congress passed the Trading with the Enemy Act to prevent trade with Germany and the Central Powers. It was a wartime law designed for wartime conditions but one that, over the course of the following century, took on a secret, surprising life of its own. Eventually it became the basis for a project of worldwide economic sanctions applied by the United States at the discretion of the president during times of both war and peace. This article traces the history of the law in order to explore how the expansion of American power in the twentieth century required a transformation of the American state and the extensive use of executive powers justified by repeated declarations of national emergency.

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Resuscitation and Surgery for Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861–1865)

Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00032830 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 76-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James R. Watson

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Civil War ◽

United States Army ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Surgeon General ◽

Southern States ◽

The North ◽

Surgical History ◽

History Of

On June 2, 1862, William A. Hammond, Surgeon General of the United States Army, announced the intention of his office to collect material for the publication of a “Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861–1865)” (1), usually called the Civil War of the United States of America, or the War Between the Union (the North; the Federal Government) and the Confederacy of the Southern States. Forms for the monthly “Returns of Sick and Wounded” were reviewed, corrected and useful data compiled from these “Returns” and from statistics of the offices of the Adjutant General (payroll) and Quartermaster General (burial of decreased soldiers).

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