The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times A Research Guide

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military History
• History » American History (General)
• History » American History (General)

Reviews:

• Cooper provides a compact but significant tool for those who would examine the literature of "volunteers" in the American military. Recommended for not only military-oriented collections, but those that emphasize the role of citizen participation in common defense.
  —Choice
• Cooper's volume is a good introduction to current scholarly studies on the institutional volunteer.
  —
  The Journal of Military History
• This guide deals with the up-and-down history of volunteer military units in U.S. history. Cooper cites 406 reference sources and provides both author and subject indexes. He has earned the thanks of any reader interested in the long, proud history of volunteers, from the Minutemen of Lexington and Concord to the individuals who served in the 1991 Gulf War.
  —ARBA 95

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