“The unthinking decision to divide the army into officers who were gentlemen and soldiers who were not reflected a central division in colonial and British society” [Cox 2004, 2–3].
After reflecting on the topic statement, use the course materials and other sources, if you choose, to develop an essay that responds to the following questions:
Does the literature provide evidence that the decision was unthinking?
If yes, explain why you think it does and support your reasoning with examples.
If no, explain why you think it doesn’t and support your reasoning with examples.
Which two of the following categories of soldier life—education, healthcare, punishment, death, or POW status—provide the best evidence of the class division and its effects?
Explain the rationale for why you chose the two you did.
Provide examples from the literature to support your conclusion.
Which one of the following categories of soldier life—education, healthcare, punishment, death, or POW status—provides the least evidence of the class division and its effects?
Explain the rationale for why you chose the one you did.
Provide examples from the literature to support your conclusion.
Be sure to use properly formatted [Chicago style] citations when discussing your answers.
i already did beginnings: The Revolution
Cox, Caroline. A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George Washington’s Army. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Print.
ISBN-13: 978-0807858615
Kaplan, Catherine. “Theft and Counter-Theft: Joseph Plumb Martin’s Revolutionary War.” Economics and Early American Literature 41, no. 3 [2006]: 515–534.
Experiences in War
Dean, Eric T. Jr. Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Print.
ISBN: 0-674-80652-2
Hanson, Victor. D. Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Print.
ISBN: 0-385-50400-4
Lynn, John A. Battle: A History of Combat and Culture. Philadelphia: Perseus Books Group, 2003. Print.
ISBN-13: 978-0786727919
Santoli, Al. Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-Three American Soldiers Who Fought It. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981. Print.
ISBN: 0-345-32279-7
