History of the militia and the National Guard

History of the militia and the National Guard

New York : London : Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan, 1983.

vii, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

355.351 M216 1983

(OCoLC)09110954

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-356) and index.
Contents: The English background -- Militia in the colonies -- The American revolution -- Militia in the early national period -- Jeffersonian militia and the War of 1812 -- Decline of the militia; rise of the volunteers -- Civil War -- Reconstruction; birth of the National Guard -- The war with Spain -- Reorganization, 1900-1916 -- The National Guard in World War I -- The National Guard between World Wars -- World War II -- The immediate postwar period -- The Eisenhower administrations -- The turbulent 1960s -- The Guard in the 1970s -- Conclusion.
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