Eagle and sword : the Federalists and the creation of the military establishment in America, 1783-1802
1975
355.0213 K79 1975
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Title
Eagle and sword : the Federalists and the creation of the military establishment in America, 1783-1802
Published
New York : Free Press, [1975]
Description
xx, 443 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
355.0213 K79 1975
System Control No.
(OCoLC)01365952
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-430) and index.
Contents: Introduction: the military heritage of the founding fathers -- The Newburgh Conspiracy : nationalism and militarism [1783] -- Visions of security, nationalist style [1783] -- The military policy of the confederation [1784-1788] -- Militarism and the founding fathers [1787-1788] -- Indian war : birth of the legion [1789-1792] -- The murder of the militia system [1792] -- Two uses of peace -- Creating the peace establishment [1794-1798] -- Federalist motives in 1798 : a reinterpretation -- Forging the sword of federalism : the new and provisional armies [1798] -- Major General Hamilton, Mr. Secretary McHenry, and the halting history of the new army [1798-1800] -- Adams and Hamilton : the politics of demobilization and defeat [1799-1801] -- Politics, militarism, and institution-forming in the new nation [1783-1802].
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This book is the engrossing and little-known story of a powerful circle of men- the wing of the Federalist party led by Alexander Hamilton- who won a bitter fight for a national army, but divided the country and destroyed their own party in the process. Here is history that raises questions about the power and influence of militarism in American politics: Did Alexander Hamilton intentionally provoke the Whiskey Rebellion to prove the need for a federal army? Were the Federalists prepared to use military force to prevent Thomas Jefferson from becoming President in 1800? Were these men militarists? Were they after a national army in order to maintain their own power? Unfolding the critical events of America's first two decades of Independence- the incredible Newburgh Conspiracy of 1783, the first Constitutional debates over "national security," Shay's Rebellion, the Indian War campaigns of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, the Quasi-War with the French- this timely book chronicles the origins of American militarism, and the serious threat it posed to the democratic ideals of the young American nation--From book jacket.
Contents: Introduction: the military heritage of the founding fathers -- The Newburgh Conspiracy : nationalism and militarism [1783] -- Visions of security, nationalist style [1783] -- The military policy of the confederation [1784-1788] -- Militarism and the founding fathers [1787-1788] -- Indian war : birth of the legion [1789-1792] -- The murder of the militia system [1792] -- Two uses of peace -- Creating the peace establishment [1794-1798] -- Federalist motives in 1798 : a reinterpretation -- Forging the sword of federalism : the new and provisional armies [1798] -- Major General Hamilton, Mr. Secretary McHenry, and the halting history of the new army [1798-1800] -- Adams and Hamilton : the politics of demobilization and defeat [1799-1801] -- Politics, militarism, and institution-forming in the new nation [1783-1802].
77.35
This book is the engrossing and little-known story of a powerful circle of men- the wing of the Federalist party led by Alexander Hamilton- who won a bitter fight for a national army, but divided the country and destroyed their own party in the process. Here is history that raises questions about the power and influence of militarism in American politics: Did Alexander Hamilton intentionally provoke the Whiskey Rebellion to prove the need for a federal army? Were the Federalists prepared to use military force to prevent Thomas Jefferson from becoming President in 1800? Were these men militarists? Were they after a national army in order to maintain their own power? Unfolding the critical events of America's first two decades of Independence- the incredible Newburgh Conspiracy of 1783, the first Constitutional debates over "national security," Shay's Rebellion, the Indian War campaigns of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, the Quasi-War with the French- this timely book chronicles the origins of American militarism, and the serious threat it posed to the democratic ideals of the young American nation--From book jacket.
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