Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921, James Wood
Автор: James Wood Название: Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896-1921 ISBN: 0774817658 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774817653 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 99530.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: This cultural history of the amateur military tradition traces the origins of the citizen soldier ideal from long before Canadians donned khaki and boarded troopships for the Western Front. Before the Great War, Canada’s military culture was in transition as the country navigated an uncertain relationship with the United States and fought an imperial war in South Africa. Militia Myths explores the ideological transformation that took place between 1896 and 1921, arguing that by the end of the War, the untrained citizen volunteer had replaced the long-serving militiaman as the archetypal Canadian soldier.
Автор: Miller Rear Admiral Joseph H., Miller R. N. Cnrn Mrs Cathy Название: Citizen Militia: Patriotic Civilians Willing to Die for Their Country! ISBN: 1728300762 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781728300764 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 36770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: History is filled with wars. We dream the victories and defeats, great and small, and note how they have shaped our world. Wars and social movements have made our civilization as we know it. Man's religion and past wars gives us an understanding of the present. In 1075, a militia loyal to the crown was used against the Norman rebellion. A militia in 1285, and later a Law of Trusts, reorganized the militia. In 1471, with the aid of the militia, towns in Sweden returned to reforms. The University of Uppsala was founded (1477) and printing was introduced. The civic humanist ideal of the militia was spread through Europe by the writings of Niccol Machiavelli. The militiaman in times of crisis left his civilian duties and became a soldier. When the emergency was over, he returned to his civilian status. Militias continued in England, Italy, Germany, and the United States through the Middle Ages. The first US militia was in Boston. Militias soon followed in the Colonies. Militias were valuable in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, Mexican War, and both sides of the Civil War. There was further growth into the 1900's and on into the Present. "Thou art also victory and law When empty terrors overawe." (Wordsworth)
Автор: Miller Rear Admiral Joseph H., Miller R. N. Cnrn Mrs Cathy Название: Citizen Militia: Patriotic Civilians Willing to Die for Their Country! ISBN: 1728300754 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781728300757 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 24130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: History is filled with wars. We dream the victories and defeats, great and small, and note how they have shaped our world. Wars and social movements have made our civilization as we know it. Man's religion and past wars gives us an understanding of the present. In 1075, a militia loyal to the crown was used against the Norman rebellion. A militia in 1285, and later a Law of Trusts, reorganized the militia. In 1471, with the aid of the militia, towns in Sweden returned to reforms. The University of Uppsala was founded (1477) and printing was introduced. The civic humanist ideal of the militia was spread through Europe by the writings of Niccol Machiavelli. The militiaman in times of crisis left his civilian duties and became a soldier. When the emergency was over, he returned to his civilian status. Militias continued in England, Italy, Germany, and the United States through the Middle Ages. The first US militia was in Boston. Militias soon followed in the Colonies. Militias were valuable in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, Mexican War, and both sides of the Civil War. There was further growth into the 1900's and on into the Present. "Thou art also victory and law When empty terrors overawe." (Wordsworth)
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." —Amendment II, United States Constitution
The Second Amendment is regularly invoked by opponents of gun control, but H. Richard Uviller and William G. Merkel argue the amendment has nothing to contribute to debates over private access to firearms. In The Militia and the Right to Arms, or, How the Second Amendment Fell Silent, Uviller and Merkel show how postratification history has sapped the Second Amendment of its meaning. Starting with a detailed examination of the political principles of the founders, the authors build the case that the amendment's second clause (declaring the right to bear arms) depends entirely on the premise set out in the amendment's first clause (stating that a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state). The authors demonstrate that the militia envisioned by the framers of the Bill of Rights in 1789 has long since disappeared from the American scene, leaving no lineal descendants. The constitutional right to bear arms, Uviller and Merkel conclude, has evaporated along with the universal militia of the eighteenth century.
Using records from the founding era, Uviller and Merkel explain that the Second Amendment was motivated by a deep fear of standing armies. To guard against the debilitating effects of militarism, and against the ultimate danger of a would-be Caesar at the head of a great professional army, the founders sought to guarantee the existence of well-trained, self-armed, locally commanded citizen militia, in which service was compulsory. By its very existence, this militia would obviate the need for a large and dangerous regular army. But as Uviller and Merkel describe the gradual rise of the United States Army and the National Guard over the last two hundred years, they highlight the nation's abandonment of the militia ideal so dear to the framers. The authors discuss issues of constitutional interpretation in light of radically changed social circumstances and contrast their position with the arguments of a diverse group of constitutional scholars including Sanford Levinson, Carl Bogus, William Van Alstyne, and Akhil Reed Amar.
Espousing a centrist position in the polarized arena of Second Amendment interpretation, this book will appeal to those wanting to know more about the amendment's relevance to the issue of gun control, as well as to those interested in the constitutional and political context of America's military history.
Historians typically depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who stumbled into crooked lines, poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside with a rusty, antiquated musket. Citizens More than Soldiers demonstrates that, to the contrary, the militia remained an active civil institution in the early nineteenth century, affecting the era’s great social, political, and economic transitions. In fact, given their degree of community involvement, militiamen were more influential in Kentucky’s maturation than any other formal community organization.
Citizens More than Soldiers reveals that the militia was not the atrophied remnant of the Revolution’s minutemen but an ongoing organization that maintained an important presence in American society. This study also shows that citizen-soldiers participated in their communities by establishing local, regional, and national identities, reinforcing the social hierarchy, advancing democratization and party politics, keeping the public peace, encouraging economic activity, and defining concepts of masculinity. A more accurate understanding of the militia’s contribution to American society extends our comprehension of the evolutionary processes of a maturing nation, showing, for example, how citizen-soldiers promoted nationalism, encouraged democratization, and maintained civil order. Citizens More than Soldiers is not a traditional military history of campaigns and battles but rather the story of citizen-soldiers and their contribution to the transformation of American society in the nineteenth century.
Автор: Singletary Otis A. Название: Negro Militia and Reconstruction ISBN: 0292741766 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292741768 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 18350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Originally published in 1957, this book is the story of Reconstruction`s ill-fated Negro Militia movement, a story with important implication for later times.
Автор: Glasrud Bruce A. Название: Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers: Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865-1917 ISBN: 0826222358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780826222350 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28650.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Offers insights into the varied experiences of black militia units in the post-Civil War period. The book includes eleven articles that focus either on `Black Participation in the Militia` or `Black Volunteer Units in the War with Spain`. The articles provide an overview of the history of early black citizen-soldiers.
Автор: Scott Название: The Maligned Militia ISBN: 1472437713 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472437716 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 132710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Despite its failure to unseat King James II, the Monmouth Rebellion had a profound influence upon English politics. Drawing on information gathered from personal accounts, private papers, letters, diaries and memoirs, this book revisits the events of 1685 to assess the militia`s performance in helping to defeat the so-called `pitchfork rebellion`.
Автор: Crozier William Armstrong Название: Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 ISBN: 0806305665 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806305660 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 30040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
