Author: KOCHAN, JAMES
Title: The United States Army 1783–1811
Description: Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing, 2001. First Edition. First Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 1841760870. Illustrated by David Rickman. Men-At-Arms Series; B&W and Color Illustrations; 9.4 X 7.0 X 0.3 inches; 48 pages; #352 in the Men-At-Arms series. Soft cover has a tan spine with black lettering. Covers have some light rubbing, scuffing, bumpng, sunning. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w pictures and color plates. 'When the Revolutionary War ended Washington's victorious Continental Army was disbanded. The infant United States had very mixed feelings about standing armies; but years of Indian-fighting on the frontier emphasised the need for a force larger than Josiah Harmar's original 700-man 1st American Regiment. In the event Secretary Hamilton's far-sighted reforms, which produced 'Wayne's Legion' in the early 1790s, were to be short-lived, and it took later threats of international war to stimulate the eventual expansion of the young US Army. James Kochan's meticulously researched study of a dramatic and confused period in American military history - the years of St Clair's disaster, 'Mad Anthony' Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, and Harrison's at Tippecanoe - is illustrated with many rare and important paintings and drawings'. Index.. Very Good+ .

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