George F. Hofmann
Auteur de Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces
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George F. Hofmann is an adjunct history professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Œuvres de George F. Hofmann
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 60
- Popularité
- #277,520
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
However, while I shouldn't criticize a book for what it is not, Hofmann's examination of the obstructionism of the Army branch chiefs suggests a certain gap in the literature. At the very least Hofmann gives a partial corporate portrait of a group of men who were just not coping well with machine-age modernity and mass society, and one comes away wanting to know more. My thought is that an examination of the U.S. Army through the perspective of the branch chiefs, somewhat in the style of Peter Karsten's "The Naval Aristocracy" would provide useful answers to where some of the intellectual dullness displayed came from.… (plus d'informations)