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The evolution of U.S. military policy from the Constitution to the present. the old regime: the army, militia, and volunteers from Colonial times to the Spanish-American War / Volume I :
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
RAND Corporation,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Series Introduction
- Contents
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO: The Antecedents of U.S. Military Policy: Colonial Times to the Constitution
- Colonial Militias
- George Washington's "Sentiments on a Peace Establishment"
- Framing the U.S. Constitution
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER THREE: Adapting the Constitution to the Security Demands of the New Republic
- Introduction
- The Uniform Militia Act of 1792
- The 1792 Calling Forth Act
- The 1795 Calling Forth Act and the 1807 Insurrection Act
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER FOUR: Getting By: Increasing the Size of the Army, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the U.S. Civil War
- Introduction
- The Types of 19th Century American Militias
- The War of 1812
- The Calhoun Expansible Army Plan, 1820
- The Mexican War (1846-1847)
- The Civil War (1861-1865)
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER FIVE: Attempts at Army Reform: The Post-Civil War Years to the Spanish-American War
- Introduction
- Post-Civil War Developments: The Rise of the Modern National Guard
- The Influence of Emory Upton and the Expansible Army Concept
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER SIX: The United States Enters the World Stage: The Army and the Spanish-American War
- Demobilization and the Occupation
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Volume Conclusion
- APPENDIXES
- A. Summary Table of 19th Century Militias and Volunteer Forces
- B. Summary Table of Legislation Pertaining to the Evolution of U.S. Military Policy
- C. Taxonomy of Important Terms
- References