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The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times A Research Guide
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Book Code: CMN/
ISBN: 0-313-27721-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27721-4
200 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/1993
List Price: $79.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Research Guides in Military Studies
Series Number: 7
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
Description: 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.
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
LC Card Number: 93-14047
LCC Class: UA42
Dewey Class: 016.3553
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