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The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times Jerry M. Cooper

The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times By Jerry M. Cooper

The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times by Jerry M. Cooper


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This research guide fills a major gap in the literature about the citizen and volunteer soldier in American military history and explains how to conduct research on the subject and to explore fruitful areas for future study.

The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times Summary

The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times: A Research Guide by Jerry M. Cooper

This research guide fills a major gap in the literature about the citizen and volunteer soldier in American military history and explains how to conduct research on the subject and to explore fruitful areas for future study. Professor Cooper gives a brief historiography and points to the 50 most important studies on America's militia and National Guard. A carefully annotated bibliography provides basic information about 406 books, dissertations, and journal articles. Chapters cover different historical periods and topics, including African Americans, for the easy use of students, scholars, and researchers in history and military studies, as well as for history buffs wanting to learn more about the Guard. Author and subject indexes add to the usefulness of the volume.

About Jerry M. Cooper

JERRY COOPER, Professor of History, University of Missouri at St. Louis, is the recognized authority on the subject of the American militia and the National Guard. He served formally as the Harold K. Johnson Professor at the Army War College. He is the author of The Army and Civil Disorder: Federal Military Intervention in Labor Disputes, 1877-1990 (Greenwood Press, 1980) and is completing a history of the National Guard, which is forthcoming from Greenwood Press. He also co-authored with Glenn Smith, Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard (1986).

Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Roger J. Spiller Introduction The Historiography of the Militia and National Guard General Works The Militia in Colonial America, 1607-1774 The Militia in the Revolution and the Early Republic, 1775-1815 The Militia, 1816-1865 The Rise of the National Guard, 1866-1899 The Era of Reform and World War, 1900-1919 The National Guard Under Federal Control, 1920-1980 African Americans in the Militia and National Guard Researching the Militia and National Guard Author Index Subject Index

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NPB9780313277214
9780313277214
0313277214
The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times: A Research Guide by Jerry M. Cooper
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1993-07-27
200
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