El. knyga: Citizen and Soldier: A Sourcebook on Military Service and National Defense from Colonial America to the Present

"Dethloff and Shenk have selected an informative collection of significant documents pertinent to American military service. Encompassing all eras of American history, this work will be instructive as a text or reference for those learning how the United States has raised its military forces."---Joseph G. Dawson III, Professor of History, Texas A&M University

Americans grow up expecting that in a time of need their country can depend on its people for volunteer service to the military. Indeed, this has been a social and at times legal expectation for the citizenship of this country since 1776. Yet, since the end of World War, II, United States forces have been caught up in many long-term military engagements, and the military aspect of citizenship has become an increasingly marginalized one in a world only a minority of citizens even vote.

Citizen and Soldier: A Sourcebook on Military Service and National Defense from Colonial America to the Present provides a useful framework and supporting documentary evidence for an informed discussion of the development of the American ideal of the "Citizen-Soldier." Prsented with insightful introductions and useful discussion questions, this concise collection of thirty-six primary documents takes a close look at the United States military and shows how it became entwinend with the rise of American national identity.