Soldiers and Scholars: The US Army and the Uses of Military History, 1865-1920.

The tradition of the US Army dates back to the era of patrimony of the Continental army, which was established on June 14, 1775. Topics related to land troops of the US Army are very complex and involve many substantial threads from the 18th to the 21st century. Publications on this subject can be divided into articles published in scientific journals, popular-science articles, and books. The books on the army can be further divided into synthesis (general overviews), anthologies, encyclopedias and dictionaries, autobiographies and biographies (personal and collective), journalistic reports, and monographs. In terms of thematic monographs, there are monographs of individual battles, campaigns, wars, intervention units, doctrines, and weapons. Autobiographies and biographies relate specifically to leaders of the US Army, and in doing so highlight related topics of the US Army’s evolution and history. Encyclopedias and dictionaries of armed conflicts focus on concepts or people. Journalistic reports apply to individual campaigns. These publications represent the achievements of military institutions connected with the US Army, analytical centers, think-tanks, and independent researchers. The most valuable publications, in terms of the merit, are those issued by the US universities and research institutions associated with the US Army, including the official US Army Center of Military History.

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Wars of Civilization: The US Army Contemplates Wounded Knee, the Pullman Strike, and the Philippine Insurrection

International Labor and Working-Class History ◽

10.1017/s0147547911000081 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 80 (1) ◽

pp. 77-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Priscilla Murolo

Keyword(s):

Military History ◽

The Philippines ◽

Us Army ◽

State Action ◽

The Us ◽

Wounded Knee ◽

The Military

AbstractThis article explores the military history that links federal suppression of the Pullman Strike in 1894 to the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 and the US conquest of the Philippines in 1899–1903. Military men expressed remarkably similar understandings of their targets in the three campaigns, and in each case they paired condemnations of the enemy with many of the same positive stereotypes of soldiers like themselves. Analysis of this imagery offers new perspectives on the US Army's role in imperial projects as well as state action against labor. If strikers resembled unruly colonial subjects in the military mind, the reverse also held true; and soldiers' self-representations reveal that their goals did not necessarily match the state's agenda.

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Neuro-Optometric Treatment of Complications from a Cerebellar Astrocytoma

Vision Development & Rehabilitation ◽

10.31707/vdr2020.6.4.p304 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 304-312

Keyword(s):

Visual System ◽

Common Site ◽

Us Army ◽

Cranial Nerve Palsies ◽

Pilocytic Astrocytomas ◽

The Us ◽

Extent Of Damage ◽

Functional Components ◽

The Brain

Background: Insult to the brain, whether from trauma or other etiologies, can have a devastating effect on an individual. Symptoms can be many and varied, depending on the location and extent of damage. This presentation can be a challenge to the optometrist charged with treating the sequelae of this event as multiple functional components of the visual system can be affected. Case Report: This paper describes the diagnosis and subsequent ophthalmic management of an acquired brain injury in a 22 year old male on active duty in the US Army. After developing acute neurological symptoms, the patient was diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellum. Emergent neurosurgery to treat the neoplasm resulted in iatrogenic cranial nerve palsies and a hemispheric syndrome. Over the next 18 months, he was managed by a series of providers, including a strabismus surgeon, until presenting to our clinic. Lenses, prism, and in-office and out-of-office neurooptometric rehabilitation therapy were utilized to improve his functioning and make progress towards his goals. Conclusions: Pilocytic astrocytomas are the most common primary brain tumors, and the vast majority are benign with excellent surgical prognosis. Although the most common site is the cerebellum, the visual pathway is also frequently affected. If the eye or visual system is affected, optometrists have the ability to drastically improve quality of life with neuro-optometric rehabilitation.

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EDUCATIONAL-TRAINING FACILITIES OF GROUND US FORCES

Innovatics and Expert Examination ◽

10.35264/1996-2274-2019-2-168-176 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 168-176

Author(s):

D.B. Izyumov ◽

E.L. Kondratyuk

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Armed Forces ◽

The United States ◽

Educational Training ◽

Us Army ◽

The Us ◽

Level Of Training ◽

Army Personnel

The article discusses issues related to the development and use of training means and facilities in order to improve the level of training of US Army personnel. An overview of the main simulators used in the US Armed Forces at present is given, and the prospects for the development of the United States in this area are presented.

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