General Chaffee's Small Wars: Institutional Culture, Command Intention, and Restraint in American Expeditionary Wars, 1899-1902

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dc.contributor.advisorFerris, John
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Stuart
dc.contributor.committeememberTerriff, Terry
dc.contributor.committeememberRandall, Stephen
dc.contributor.committeememberJameson, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeememberHuebert, Robert
dc.contributor.committeememberPerras, Galen
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T14:49:33Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T14:49:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThis study examines U.S. conduct in two small wars in the Pacific at the turn of the twentieth century in order to examine the forces which contribute most directly to the maintenance or rupture of combatant restraint. The literature on the Philippine War and the Boxer Uprising often exaggerates the extent and influence of racism on combatant conduct, and prioritizes anecdotes of atrocity over a more contextualized survey. That interpretation masks the extent of real U.S. restraint in interactions with Chinese and Filipino populations in those conflicts, and ignores factors which play a greater role in determining troop behaviour. This study demonstrates that those factors, such as command intention, support from mid and low level officers, and limited operational objectives, are shaped by a number of internal and external forces, such as the nature of the conflict, the nature of the enemy, and the institutional norms of the military organization. It concludes that U.S. forces of that period applied violence instrumentally, and shied away from direct attacks on civilian populations. Restraint is possible but only where multiple factors align to create favourable conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWhite, S. (2016). General Chaffee's Small Wars: Institutional Culture, Command Intention, and Restraint in American Expeditionary Wars, 1899-1902 (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26266en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26266
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3234
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectHistory--Modern
dc.subjectHistory--Asia, Australia, and Oceania
dc.subjectHistory--Military
dc.subjectHistory--United States
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subject.classificationRestrainten_US
dc.subject.classificationCultureen_US
dc.subject.classificationSmall Waren_US
dc.subject.classificationPhilippine Waren_US
dc.subject.classificationBoxer Uprisingen_US
dc.subject.classification1863 General Orders 100en_US
dc.subject.classificationUnited States Armyen_US
dc.titleGeneral Chaffee's Small Wars: Institutional Culture, Command Intention, and Restraint in American Expeditionary Wars, 1899-1902
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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