The Missouri Home Guard : protecting the home front during the Great War /

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"This detailed history of the Missouri Home Guard explains how Governor Frederick Gardner reacted to the deployment of the National Guard into federal service once the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. As twenty-six other states did during World War I, Missouri established a Home G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeWitt, Petra, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2022]
Temas:
Missouri. > Home Guard > History.
Missouri. > Militia > History > World War, 1914-1918.
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Missouri.
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States.
Regimental histories.
Missouri > History, Military > 20th century.
Missouri.
United States.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This detailed history of the Missouri Home Guard explains how Governor Frederick Gardner reacted to the deployment of the National Guard into federal service once the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. As twenty-six other states did during World War I, Missouri established a Home Guard to take over the functions of the absent National Guard. This Home Guard was an entirely volunteer organization that took on the duties of providing introductory military training for draftable men, protecting crucial infrastructure from potential enemy activities, and maintaining law and order during labor activism. The Home Guard also functioned to preserve patriotism and reduce opposition to the war, sometimes going so far as to police the behavior of German-Americans who appeared disloyal to state and country"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0826274781
9780826274786

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