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The military clauses were undoubtedly the most controversial in the drafting of the constitution. America, understandably, held a deep distrust of European-style professional standing armies so any clauses giving the provision of such a force aroused strong feelings amongst the founding fathers. The old Continental Congress had a truly abysmal record in looking after its soldiers and there was deep antipathy towards the creation of any kind of force. Palmer deals admirably with the two sides to this story, the civil and the military. His breakdown of the worries, desires and values of both parties are truly sympathetic and the intertwining of analysis and narrative give the book the authority of scholarship.
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Dave R. Palmer is a retired army lieutenant general and former superintendent of West Point and lives north of Austin, Texas. His published works include Summons of the Trumpet, which was recently selected for the Chief of Staff's inaugural professional reading list. This book was originally published under the title 1794: America, Its Army and the Birth of a Nation.
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- PublisherPresidio Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0891417591
- ISBN 13 9780891417590
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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