Robert V. Bruce (1923–2008)
Author of 1877: Year of Violence
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The shadow of a coming war 1 copy
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- Bruce, Robert Vance
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- 1923-12-19
- Date of death
- 2008-01-15
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- USA
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- Malden, Massachusetts, USA (birthplace)
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In the military, Bruce argues that the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers “acted as a clearinghouse and general staff for the great scientific reconnaissance of the trans-Mississippi West” (pg. 51). West Point “amounted to the first American engineering school” (pg. 51). Even in the 1840s, “West Pointers had the best engineering education then available, making them scientific technologists first, military men second” (pg. 157). Despite these early advances, Bruce argues that West Point’s zenith for engineering education occurred in the 1830s and, by 1860, the college served national defense above engineering (pg. 160). Describing the Civil War, Bruce writes, “Lincoln screened many weapons proposals by civilians and arranged tests of those he deemed promising, often attending himself” (pg. 307).… (more)