The Militia and the National Guard in America Since Colonial Times - A Research Guide

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.

List 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

About the author

JERRY COOPER, Professor of History, University of Missouri at St. Louis, is the recognized authority on the subject of the American militia and the National Guard. He served formally as the Harold K. Johnson Professor at the Army War College. He is the author of The Army and Civil Disorder: Federal Military Intervention in Labor Disputes, 1877-1990 (Greenwood Press, 1980) and is completing a history of the National Guard, which is forthcoming from Greenwood Press. He also co-authored with Glenn Smith, Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard (1986).

Product details

• Authors: Jerry Cooper, Cooper Jerry M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.1993
• EAN: 9780313277214
• ISBN: 978-0-313-27721-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Research Guides in Military Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, History: specific events & topics, military history, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, HISTORY / Military / United States, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, History: specific events and topics, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Bibliographies, catalogues, HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare