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Article: Political Indoctrination in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam War.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- March 22, 2008
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Political Indoctrination in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam War. By Christopher S. DeRosa. (Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. xiv, 328. $49.95.)
When historians consider how the U.S. Army trains soldiers for war, their research often focuses on maneuvers and marksmanship. This author further illuminates our understanding of army training through an analysis of service troop information programs designed to ensure soldiers' "ideological commitment" in battle (xi). Christopher S. DeRosa argues that the army's effort, from World War II through Vietnam, to indoctrinate the force politically failed to attain completely the desired ...