Download or read book The Progressive Army written by Ronald J. Barr and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-11-12 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author seeks to explain the creation of a modern American Army in a country hostile to centralised military power. The effect of various European nations on the US military are examined. The central theme, however, is how a small number of influential figures impressed with US business borrowed management techniques from national corporations to modernise the army. It is argued these military reforms represented a wider influence in the progressive era which sought to utilise management techniques developed by US business to improve government.