The militia experience in British North America: anti-militarism or pragmatism?
This article analyses the militia experience in British colonial America and the early US first republic. It emphasizes the role of antimilitarism in shaping the character of US military tradition in the antebellum period as well as the civilian control of the military establishment. I relate this i...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repository: | Anos 90 (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/53175 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/53175 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Militias United States Anti-militarism Citizenship Self-government Milícias Estados Unidos Anti-militarismo Cidadania Governo local Organização Militar. |
| Summary: | This article analyses the militia experience in British colonial America and the early US first republic. It emphasizes the role of antimilitarism in shaping the character of US military tradition in the antebellum period as well as the civilian control of the military establishment. I relate this influence to the social aversion to despotism coming from British political tradition, stressing conflicts between central, local and state authorities and the problems they posed to creating a Professional army. |
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