| Description |
xx, 443 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 415-430. |
| Note |
Includes 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]. |
| Subject |
Militarism -- United States -- History.
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United States. Army -- History.
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United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Kohn, Richard H. Eagle and sword. New York : Free Press, [1975] (OCoLC)637195328 |
| ISBN |
0029175518 |
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9780029175514 |
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