Description:
This research guide fills a major gap in the literature about the citizen and volunteer soldier in American military history and explains how to conduct research on the subject and to explore fruitful areas for future study. Professor Cooper gives a brief historiography and points to the 50 most important studies on America's militia and National Guard. A carefully annotated bibliography provides basic information about 406 books, dissertations, and journal articles. Chapters cover different historical periods and topics, including African Americans, for the easy use of students, scholars, and researchers in history and military studies, as well as for history buffs wanting to learn more about the Guard. Author and subject indexes add to the usefulness of the volume.
Review Quotes: "This guide deals with the up-and-down history of volunteer military units in U.S. history. Cooper cites 406 reference sources and provides both author and subject indexes. He has earned the thanks of any reader interested in the long, proud history of volunteers, from the Minutemen of Lexington and Concord to the individuals who served in the 1991 Gulf War."-ARBA 95