Guide to the Study and Use of Military History

Chapters: (1) Discusses of the nature of history as a discipline, Military History (MH) as a branch of that discipline, the uses of MH, & suggested methods of reading & study. (2) A guide to the areas of study & the material avail. for study in each. Consists of 7 essays -- one on the great mil. historians & philosophers, 2 on world MH, 3 on Amer. MH, & the merging of Amer. & world MH since the end of WW2. (3) Discusses U.S. Army histor. programs & how the Army uses MH; describes the resources avail. within the Army for study & res. in MH & some of the practical uses of history. (4) Discusses MH outside the Army -- in other elements of the DoD, in foreign mil. estab., & in the acad. world. Includes an annotated listing of reference works & historical periodicals.Jessup, John E., Jr. is the author of 'Guide to the Study and Use of Military History', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756749255 and ISBN 0756749255.