Privilege vs. equality : civil-military relations in the Jacksonian era, 1815-1845 / Robert P. Wettemann, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wettemann, Robert P.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

In war and in peace

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

United States. Army.

Politics and government.

Civil-military relations.

History.

History, Military.

Political and social views.

United States--History, Military--19th century.

United States.

United States. Army--History--19th century.

Civil-military relations--United States--History--19th century.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Political and social views.

Jackson, Andrew.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Influence.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

United States--History, Military--19th century--Sources.

United States. Army--History--19th century--Sources.

Civil-military relations--United States--History--19th century--Sources.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxii, 239 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Privilege versus equality

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, [2009]

Contents:

Chronology

The spirit of New Orleans : regulars vs. volunteers, 1815-1845

Providing for the common defense : the government, the people, and the American military

Egalitarianism vs. aristocracy : officers and civilians

Binding the republic together : the Army, internal improvements, and Jacksonian nationalism

Blue, red, and white : the Army, the Indian, and the common man

Frontiersmen in blue : the Army and American society, 1815-1845

Documents. President James Monroe's views on national defense, December 1817, first inaugural address

Secretary of War John C. Calhoun's report on the reduction of the Army, 12 December 1820

"Section 1 - Rank and command, article 2 - Base of discipline" from Systems of martial law, and field service, and police, 26 December 1820

Circular letter of the Secretary of War, of 11th July 1826, on the subject of the militia

Captain John Stuart to Secretary of War Lewis Cass, May 1833

A citizen's view on Indians, the militia, and the U.S. Army

Remarks of Mr. David W. Dickinson (of Tennessee) in opposition to the military academy, delivered in the House of Representatives, on Saturday, 14th June 1834

Excerpt from General order no. 69, 13 October 1836

"The Army and the people" / by "Sam Jones," Army and Navy chronicle, 24 October 1839.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9780275986032

0275986039

9780313049583

0313049580

OCLC:

166388183

Publisher Number:

99935214608