Bodies for Battle: US Army Physical Culture and Systematic Training, 1885-1957

by Garrett Gatzemeyer

Physical training in the US Army has a surprisingly short history. Bodies for Battle by Garrett Gatzemeyer is the first in-depth analysis of the US Army's particular set of practices and values, known as its physical culture , that emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to tactical challenges and widespread anxieties over diminishing masculinity. The US Army's physical culture assumed a unity of mind and body; learning a physical act was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700632581
• ISBN13: 9780700632589
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"