Bibliography lists 3 sources. This 5 page report discusses the problems and controversy associated with the development of a standing army during America s Revolutionary War. Many, if not most, of the Founders of the country wanted the United States to be defended by a small, professional military and a large people s militia. It had already been proven in Europe that the kind of discipline provided by regular regiments represented a dramatic change in the warfare of the eighteenth century. And yet, the idea of a standing army resulted in a great deal of controversy.
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This 3 page paper talks about the anti-Federalist position at the time the U.S. Constitution was being drafted. The other point of view is duly noted in the discussion. Bibliography lists 1 source. This 3 page paper explores the views of the Anti-federalists. Bibliography lists 3 sources.