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

by Lawrence D. Cress

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807896411
• ISBN13: 9780807896419
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"