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Accession Number:

AD1105677

Title:

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

Author(s):

• Ney, Virgil

Author Organization(s):

• Technical Operations, Inc., Combat Operations Research Group

Report Date:

1966-01-01

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.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

71

File Size:

4.48MB

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Descriptors:

Identifiers:

• field manuals
• field manual program

SubjectCategory:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Military Sciences

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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