A Scientific Way of War : Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought
by
Ian C. Hope
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in War, Society, and the Military
ISBN-10
1496230558
ISBN-13
9781496230553
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Imprint
University of Nebraska Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2022
Print length
354 Pages
Weight
536 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.70 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
United States of America, USA19th century, c 1800 to c 18991861–1877 (American Civil War period and the era of Reconstruction)History of the AmericasModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900Military historyHistory of educationHistoryHistory of the AmericasMilitary history
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While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy graduates serving throughout the country Enlightenment thinking persisted, asserting that war was governable by a grand theory accessible through the study of military science. Officers of the regular army and instructors at the military academy and their political superiors all believed strongly in the possibility of acquiring a perfect knowledge of war through the proper curriculum.
A Scientific Way of War analyzes how the doctrine of military science evolved from teaching specific Napoleonic applications to embracing subjects that were useful for war in North America. Drawing from a wide array of materials, Ian C. Hope refutes earlier charges of a lack of professionalization in the antebellum American army and an overreliance on the teachings of Swiss military theorist Antoine de Jomini. Instead, Hope shows that inculcation in West Point’s American military curriculum eventually came to provide the army with an officer corps that shared a common doctrine and common skill in military problem solving. The proliferation of military science ensured that on the eve of the Civil War there existed a distinctly American, and scientific, way of war.
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