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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Autor principal: DeWitt, Petra, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Missouri. > Militia > History > World War, 1914-1918.
Missouri. > Home Guard > History.
Regimental histories.
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > Missouri.
United States.
Missouri.
Missouri > History, Military > 20th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Volunteerism, Masculinity, and Preparedness: The Evolution of Militia Service in Missouri, 1870-1917
  • Chapter 2. Answering the "Urgent" Call: Establishing and Organizing the Missouri Home Guard
  • Chapter 3. Too Much Too Fast: Logistical Problems Limit the Effectiveness of the Home Guard
  • Chapter 4. Democracy and Self-Interest at Play: The Meaning of Membership in the Missouri Home Guard
  • Chapter 5. Freeing Oppressed People and Spreading Democracy: The Struggle to Gain Inclusion through the "Negro Home Guard"
  • Chapter 6. Protectors of the Hearth: Women's Contributions to the Home Front and Service in the Home Guard
  • Chapter 7. Protecting Society from the Enemy, Maintaining Law and Order, Preserving Loyalty: The Tasks of the Missouri Home Guard
  • Chapter 8. After the War: Evaluating the Missouri Home Guard
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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