Evolution of the United States Army Field Manual: Valley Forge to Vietnam

Abstract

The modern military text, or field manual, has evolved over a period of several hundred years. Historically military training literature traces its beginnings to the writings of the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans. Until the invention of and the advent of general literacy, military instruction was usually oral and not written. In the United States Army, the evolution of printing the field manual falls into two distinct periods: the American Revolution to World War I, and Word War 1 to 1966.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD1105677

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  • Virgil Ney

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • American Revolution
  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Inventions
  • Literacy
  • Literature
  • Military Training
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Printing
  • Revolutions
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Library and Information Science
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.