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Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812

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Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812 - Cress, Lawrence Delbert
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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. A ...

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Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812 2011, The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9780807896419

Paperback

Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812 1982, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9780807815083

Hardcover