Provide for the Common Defense : America, Its Army, and the Birth of a Nation,9780891417590

Provide for the Common Defense : America, Its Army, and the Birth of a Nation

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ISBN13: 9780891417590
ISBN10: 0891417591
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Presidio Pr
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Summary

The military clauses were perhaps the most contentious in the drafting of the constitution. The old Continental Congress had had an abysmal record in taking care of the army. Promises made to soldiers during the war remained unfulfilled. At the same time, American distrust of European-style professional armies ran deep.

This masterful account of the creation of the Constitution shows our founding fathers at work and brings them to life.

Author Biography

Dave R. Palmer, retired army lieutenant general and former superintendent of West Point, lives north of Austin in Belton, Texas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
PART 1: SENTIMENTS ON A PEACE ESTABLISHMENT 1(42)
Guide the Torrent
3(13)
A Dangerous Instrument
16(5)
Vision
21(9)
Disintegration
30(13)
PART 2: THE HUMILIATION OF WEAKNESS 43(42)
Confederation and Perpetual Union
45(8)
The Bastard Child
53(11)
A Rope of Sand
64(11)
Captain Daniel Shays
75(10)
PART 3: THE COMMON DEFENCE 85(58)
The British Legacy
87(7)
The Ghost of Cromwell
94(10)
A Jealous Eye
104(5)
The Commander in Chief
109(11)
To Make War
120(14)
The Right to Bear Arms
134(9)
PART 4: PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND 143(86)
Between Anarchy and Monarchy
145(19)
Toward War
164(5)
The Indian Way of War
169(14)
Little Turtle Triumphant
183(19)
Washington Finds a General
202(8)
The Embrace of Adversity
210(19)
PART 5: ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 229(54)
Fort Recovery
231(3)
Paranoia in Philadelphia
234(7)
The Peace Establishment
241(8)
Fallen Timbers
249(14)
The Army of the Constitution
263(15)
1795 and Beyond
278(5)
Afterword 283(6)
Suggested Reading 289

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