Report of the Field Manual Review Board, Annex B: Evolution of the United States 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 printing and the advent of general literacy, military instruction was usually oral and not written. In the United States Army, the evolution of the field manual falls into two distinct periods: the American Revolution to World War I, and World War I to 1966.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD1112080

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