Military Ethnomusicology: Understanding the Positive Impact of Music on the United States Military within the American Society

摘要

Music is universal to every human society. Martial music has played an integral, positive role for the military. Music helps unite societies and their military forces in times of war and peace. Martial music has been used to communicate, enhance discipline, as a psychological instrument of war, to calm troops, and to improve esprit de corps. Understanding the universal, timeless nature of muisic generates enhanced fighting spirit for success on the battlefield.