Of Responsible Command: A History of the U.S. Army War College

Of Responsible Command: A History of the U.S. Army War College by Col Harry P Ball, US Army Retired. Published by Alumni Assoc of the US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, 1984. 1st Stated Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped & Taped DJ. Orig owners name & date in ink inside front. Orig owners book stamp impressed on bottom outside corner of front loose end paper and half title page. 534 Pgs. ISBN 0961330104. LCCN 84-070402. The purpose was clear: The Army War College was: ''to study and confer on the great problems of national defense, of military science, and of responsible command.'' The date was February, 1903: the speaker Elihu Root, Secretary of War to President Theodore Roosevelt. This book relates how and how well, over eight decades, Root's vision was served. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30923.