national guard compact history de dupuy colonel ernest (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+ dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1971. Previous owner's tiny name label. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (7.95). No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "Offers a thorough, erudite survey of the growth and development of the Guard in America. From its first beginnings in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 to the present, here is a fascinating, totally informative account of the dominant role played in history by the American citizen-soldier. Chapters discuss the role of the Guard in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the world wars. Additional chapters discuss the participation of the Guard at sea, in Europe, in Korea, and in today's domestic strife." A volume in "The Military History of The United States" series. Three appendices. Selected bibliography. Index. Original pale green cloth. Keywords: Military History . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 194pp .