Bodies for battle : US Army physical culture and systematic training, 1885-1957 / Garrett Gatzemeyer.

"War is physical. In combat, fortune favors the soldier in better condition. Superior conditioning enables troops to fight longer and harder, to move farther and faster, to carry heavier loads and endure greater hardship. These relative advantages can be the difference between life and death, victor...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Modern war studies.
Main Author: Gatzemeyer, Garrett (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Physical training > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Physical training > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army.
Physical education and training, Military > History > 19th century.
Physical education and training, Military > History > 20th century.
Physical fitness > United States > History.
Armed Forces > Physical training.
Physical education and training, Military.
Physical fitness.
United States.
1800-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:viii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
US Army physical culture and systematic training, 1885-1957
Format: Book

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