The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present: The Old Regime: The Army, Militia, and Volunteers from Colonial Times to the Spanish-American War, Volume I

Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a traditional U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates and a series of legislative compromises between 1903 and 1940. Volume I traces U.S. military policy from the colonial era through the Spanish-American War.