The Rise of the National Guard: The Evolution of the American Militia, 1865-1920 (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)

From the beginning of our republic the concept of a citizen soldiery, organized through militias, has undergirded American military philosophy. This nation fought the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, and began the Civil War, relying on volunteer militias and only a skeletal professional military force. The Civil War demonstrated the need to adapt state militias to the requirements...
By Jerry Cooper
Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Militar
Paperback: 246 pages
Publisher: Bison Books (December 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803264283
ISBN-13: 978-0803264281
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches
Format: PDF Text djvu book
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A well-researched and -written work on how state militias evolved into the early National Guard, in the years between the Civil War and WWI. It was this period in which state militias, a force originally designed by the Framers to be an alternative to a standing army, only then took on some cohesion...
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