The United States Army and the making of America : from confederation to empire, 1775-1903 /

In this book, Robert Wooster provides a comprehensive history of the United States Army from its inception during the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War. He integrates the institutional history of the Army with larger trends in American history, with a special focus on state building...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wooster, Robert, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Series:Studies in civil-military relations.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Standing Army, the Role of National Government, and the Constitution
  • The Army and Muscular Nationalism: Nation-Building and the Federalists
  • The Army and the Rise of the Jeffersonians
  • President Madison's Army
  • The Army and the New Nationalism
  • Mr. Jackson's Army
  • An Uncertain Future
  • Regulars and the Continuing Quest for Empire
  • New Challenges for the Old Army
  • Regulars and the Crisis of Union
  • An Elusive Peace
  • Continued Challenges South and West
  • The Army of the Gilded Age
  • Epilogue
  • Old Army, New Empire.