Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763 – 1789, 2 edition by James Kirby Martin and Mark Edward Lender
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0882952390 | 241 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
When the first edition of this highly successful volume appeared in 1982, the proponents of the “new” military history were just gaining full momentum. Their objective was to reach beyond the traditional focus of military studies—the flow of guns, combat, and tactics that influenced the immediate outcome of battles and martial conflicts, often with little reference to broader historical contexts.