The Civilian and the Military: A History of the American Antimilitarist Tradition |
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... Selective Service System to provide an account of the historical background of conscription . Under the title , Military Obligation : The Ameri- can Tradition , Selective Service published for the period from 1609 to 1789 facsimile ...
... Selective Service System to provide an account of the historical background of conscription . Under the title , Military Obligation : The Ameri- can Tradition , Selective Service published for the period from 1609 to 1789 facsimile ...
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... Selective Service Act was allowed to expire . But , a month later , Congress approved another Selective Service Act for two more years . The new draft law was passed in the midst of American alarm over the Russian blockade of Berlin ...
... Selective Service Act was allowed to expire . But , a month later , Congress approved another Selective Service Act for two more years . The new draft law was passed in the midst of American alarm over the Russian blockade of Berlin ...
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... Selective Service Comm . , American Selective Service ( Wash . , 1939 ) , passim . 6 Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy , On Active Service in Peace and War ( New York , 1948 ) , 345ff .; Mark Watson , The War Department Chief of Staff ...
... Selective Service Comm . , American Selective Service ( Wash . , 1939 ) , passim . 6 Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy , On Active Service in Peace and War ( New York , 1948 ) , 345ff .; Mark Watson , The War Department Chief of Staff ...
Contents
The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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