As a Canadian, Ian C. Hope brings an objective perspective to his analysis of how the American military tradition developed from its birth during the American Revolution, through its evolution during the antebellum years, to its fruition during the Civil War. He also demonstrates the pivotal role that the U.S. Military Academy at West Point played in forming the mindset of the graduates who would eventually serve for either the Union or the Confederacy, and takes issue with some widely held theories about how well the Academy prepared these men to handle unprecedented challenges.
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机译：作为加拿大人，伊恩·霍普（Ian C. Hope）提出了客观的观点，来分析美国军事传统从美国革命期间的诞生到战前时期的演变，再到南北战争期间的发展。他还展示了西点美国军事学院在形成最终将为联盟或同盟服务的毕业生的思维方式中所起的关键作用，并对有关该学院如何做好这些人准备的一些广泛接受的理论提出了质疑应对前所未有的挑战。
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