From time to time in the United States, a clearly defined word will find itself dragooned by popular culture to serve the common lexicon. Before long, that proud old word will get bandied about so much that it changes and morphs into something that is at once broader and less than its former self. The term "professional" is such a word. Today, everyone wants to be a professional. All sorts ...
Table of Contents: Foreward; Introductory Remarks; Session 1: War Termination: Theory and American Practice by Dr. Roger Spiller; From Cowpens to Yorktown: The Final Campaign of the War for American Independence by Dr. Ira D. Gruber; The Battles of Plattsburgh and Ending the War of 1812 by Dr. Wayne Lee; Dubious Means and Unworthy Ends: Colonel William Worth's Campaign to End the Second Seminole War by Dr. John Hall. Session ...
General George W. Casey, Jr., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, once observed: If you walked around the Army and asked people what the professional military ethic is, you would get a lot of different answers. That is because Army's professional military ethic is not codified, although its spirit is resident in a number of documents. Other American professions have clearly promulgated statements of ethics. Within the Army, there are several ...
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