Chambers, John Whiteclay, II

To Raise an Army: The Draft Comes to Modern America

New York: The Free Press, 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 386 pages. Illus., endnotes, note on sources, index, ink underlining pp. 211-218, slight soiling DJ. Presentation copy signed by author. An examination of how America has raised its armies from the colonial period to the present. Much material on the Civil War draft and the World War I draft. The author discusses the reliance on locally-raised volunteers in the Spanish-American War as a turning point for the U.S. Army. Condition: fair to good / very good.

Keywords: Draft, Conscription, Draft Resisters, Civil War, WW1, Vietnam, Volunteer Army, Signed, Presentation Copy

[Book #13793]

Price: $45.00