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For the Common Defense
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780029215975
Edition: Rev Exp
ISBN: 0029215978
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 720
Publication Date: September 07, 1994
Publisher: Free Press
Studio: Free Press
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Rating:  - Did the job.
I used this book as a textbokk in a summer school class called American Military History. The book gave great info, and will be used as a nice reference companion in the future.
Rating: - Brilliant
This fascinating study examines Ameircan military history from the Pilgrims of the 17th century to the Gulf War. Although published in 1994 and thus not covering the war in Afghanistan or the second invasion of Iraq, this book presents a fascinating analysis of American military history. It examines the size of the army and the role of militias and the national guard. A brilliant history that tells the tale of the American military and the nature of common defense, the older system of defending ... Read More
Rating: - Your American history research needs this reference
I only have one thing to say: If you are wanting to have any serious understanding of American history, then you need this book in your library.
Rating: - This Book Was a Revelation to My Husband and Myself
I read David Hackett Fischer's "Washington's Crossing" (2004) and it was excellent. If you read reviews of it on Amazon.com -- everything everyone says there is JUST what I felt in reading it. Wished it would never end and that he'd write all the early history of America.
"For the Common Defense" struck me the same way. A friend of my son's liked it and got it for him. I picked it up by accident and thought, "dull, dull, dull!" and started reading (only because I'm an habitual read-a-holic). ... Read More
Rating: - This Book Was a Revelation to My Husband and Myself
I read David Hackett Fischer's "Washington's Crossing" (2004) and it was excellent. If you read reviews of it on Amazon.com -- everything everyone says there is JUST what I felt in reading it. Wished it would never end and that he'd write all the early history of America.
"For the Common Defense" struck me the same way. A friend of my son's liked it and got it for him. I picked it up by accident and thought, "dull, dull, dull!" and started reading (only because I'm an habitual read-a-holic). ... Read More
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