The civilian and the military
Subtitle: a history of the American antimilitarist tradition
By: Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. ; with a new foreword by Ralph Raico
Contributors: Ekirch, A. Roger, 1950-
Publisher: Independent Institute
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781598130355
Subjects: Civil-military relations; History; Militarism; Civil supremacy over the military; Military History; Military policy
Notes: "First edition 1956 (Oxford University Press)"--T.p. verso.

"Published in cooperation with A. Roger Ekirch"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Anglo-American heritage; title: The founding fathers reaffirm civil supremacy; title: The defeat of the Federalist military plans; title: The Jeffersonian-Republican surrender; title: A more militant nationalism and growing pacifism; title: A military hero and manifest destiny; title: The menace of civil war; title: The reconstruction of civil society; title: The new threat of imperialism and navalism; title: Theodore Roosevelt and modern American militarism; title: European militarism and American preparedness; title: Conscripting America for war; title: Disillusionment and partial disarmament; title: Militarism in education; title: The hope of isolation and neutrality; title: Immersion in total war; title: Toward the garrison state.