Citizens in arms : the army and the militia in American society to the War of 1812
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Citizens in arms : the army and the militia in American society to the War of 1812
(Studies on armed forces and society)
University of North Carolina Press, c1982
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Bibliography: p. [217]-231
Includes index
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This first study to discuss the important ideological role of the military in the early political life of the nation examines the relationship between revolutionary doctrine and the practical considerations of military planning before and after the American Revolution. Americans wanted and effective army, but they realized that by its very nature the military could destroy freedom as well as preserve it. The security of the new nation was not in dispute but the nature of republicanism itself.
Originally published 1982.
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