This Guide to the Study and Use of Military History is designed to foster an appreciation of the value of military history and explain its uses and the resources available for its study. It is not a work to be read and lightly tossed aside, but one the career soldier should read again or use as a reference at those times during his career when necessity or leisure turns him to the contemplation of the military past.

Part One.Military history, its nature and use. The nature of history /|r Maurice Matloff --|t A perspective on military history /|r Col. Thomas E. Griess --|t An approach to the study of military history /|r Lt. Col. John F. Votaw --|g Part Two. -- Bibliographical guide. The great military historians and philosophers /|r Jay Luvaas --|t Military history to the end of the eighteenth century /|r Theodore Ropp --|t World military history, 1786-1945 /|r Jeffrey J. Clarke --|t American military history: the early period, 1607-1815 /|r Robert W. Coakley --|t American military history: the middle years, 1815-1916 /|r Richard J. Sommers --|t The United States and the two world wars /|r Charles B. MacDonald --|t The United States and the world military scene since 1945 /|r Robert W. Coakley and Charles B. MacDonald --|g Part Three. -- Army programs, activities, and uses. A century of Army historical work /|r Col. John E. Jessup, and Robert W. Coakley --|t The U.S. Army Military History Institute /|r Col. James B. Agnew and B. Franklin Cooling --|t The military history detachment in the field /|r Richard A. Hunt --|t The Army Act Program /|r Marian R. McNaughton --|t Military museums and collections /|r Joseph H. Ewing --|t The place of unit history /|r Stanley R. Connor --|t Military history in the Army school system /|r Brooks E. Kleber, Col. Roy K. Flint, and Charles S. Hall --|t The use of military history in staff work /|r Walter G. Hermes --|t Military history and Army records /|r Vincent H. Demma --|t Writing for official and unofficial publication /|r Joseph R. Friedman --|g Part Four. -- History outside the U.S. Army. Military history in the Department of Defense /|r Romana Danysh --|t Official programs abroad /|r Alfred M Beck --|t Military history and the academic world /|r Ronald H. Spector --|t Appendices. A. Reference works: a select list /|r Thomas E. Kelly --|t B. Historical journals and societies /|r Thomas E. Kelly.