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The American Army in transition, 1865-1898 by Michael L Tate
"Tate describes the daily lives of officers and enlisted men in a period marked by wars against hapless indigenous and indignant imperialists. He examines the role of the family, the acquisition of traditional and new identities as soldiers, the shifts in purpose and mission, the promotion of Army life as patriotic and fulfilling by those who were not themselves in the life, the role of recreation, and the societal attitudes that were restated on the battlefield into slaughter." - Reference & Research Book News
"Tate describes the daily lives of officers and enlisted men in a period marked by wars against hapless indigenous and indignant imperialists. He examines the role of the family, the acquisition of traditional and new identities as soldiers, the shifts in purpose and mission, the promotion of Army life as patriotic and fulfilling by those who were not themselves in the life, the role of recreation, and the societal attitudes that were restated on the battlefield into slaughter." - Reference & Research Book News