Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. American Military Chaplaincy, 1607-1860 -- 3. Progress and Foretaste, 1861-1865 -- 4. Nadir and Turnaround, 1866-1898 -- 5. Transition and Integration, 1899-1917 -- 6. Bureaucratization and Autonomy, 1917-1920 -- 7. A Bureaucratized Profession -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index
Summary
"Military chaplains have a long and distinguished tradition in the United States, but historians have typically ignored their vital role in ministering to the needs of soldiers and sailors. Richard M. Budd corrects this omission with a history of the chaplains who sought to create a viable institutional structure for themselves within the U.S. Army and Navy that would best enable them to minister to the fighting men."--Jacket