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"This title examines the challenges of structuring and disciplining America's first army. In America's war for independence, a well-disciplined army was essential, but policing soldiers during the Revolution presented challenges. ""George Washington's Enforcers"" examines how justice was left to the overlapping duties of special army personnel and how an improvised police force imposed rules and regulations on the common soldier. Historian Harry M. Ward describes these methods of police enforcement, emphasizing the brutality experienced by the enlisted men who were punished severely for even light transgressions. This volume explores the influences that shaped army practice and the quality of the soldiery, the enforcement of military justice, the use of guards as military police, and the application of punishment."

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Author:   Harry M. Ward
Publisher:   Southern Illinois University Press
Imprint:   Southern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780809329441

ISBN 10:   0809329441
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Rooted in primary sources and comprehensive in nature, Ward's work will certainly be a boon to anyone interested in the intricacies of the Continental Army.... Highly recommended. - Choice What Ward has done in his exceptionally well-written book is to open a window onto the world of those men who served in the Continental army, by showing how they lived, what they experienced, and the discipline and hardships they endured. This is at once an excellent history of the Continental army and wonderful social history. - West Virginia History George Washington's Enforcers... will stand for some time as the final word on this important but often overlooked subject. - The Journal of Southern History

Author Information

Harry M. Ward, William Binford Vest Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Richmond, is the author of fifteen books, including Major General Adam Stephen and the Cause of American Liberty, Between the Lines: Banditti of the American Revolution, and The American Revolution: Nationhood Achieved, 1763-1788.

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