SLAM, the influence of S.L.A. Marshall on the United States Army

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Label

SLAM, the influence of S.L.A. Marshall on the United States Army

Statement of responsibility

by F.D.G. Williams ; edited and introduced by Susan Canedy

Title variation

Influence of S.L.A. Marshall on the United States Army

Creator

• Williams, F. D. G., (Frederick Deane Goodwin), 1953-

Contributor

• Canedy, Susan
• United States, Army Training and Doctrine Command | Office of the Command Historian
• Center of Military History

Subject

• United States, Army -- History -- 20th century
• Military art and science
• History
• Marshall, S. L. A., (Samuel Lyman Atwood), 1900-1977
• Combat
• 1900 - 1999
• United States
• United States, Army
• Marshall, S. L. A., (Samuel Lyman Atwood), 1900-1977
• Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Combat

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

SLAM, the nickname for S.L.A. Marshall, is a study of the controversial journalist/combat historian and his influence on the U.S. Army's training and doctrine. Most famous for his assertion that only 25 percent of infantry soldiers fired their weapons in World War II, Marshall became a lightning rod for criticism as he sought to reform the U.S. Army through his writings. Marshall also applied his group interview techniques to historical use. He developed what is now called after-action review, thereby contributing to the growth of the field of oral history; ensured that tons of primary source documents were preserved; and inaugurated the German officer interview program for collecting critical intelligence for the Cold War

Member of

• CMH pub, 70-64
• TRADOC historical monograph series

Cataloging source

GPO

Dewey number

355.30973

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

UA25

LC item number

.W55 1994

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

• TRADOC historical monograph series
• CMH pub

Series volume

70-64