To Starve the Army at Pleasure: Continental Army Administration and American Political Culture (1984)

Format: Hardcover ISBN: 080781587X Condition: Acceptable - Ex-Library This is an ex-library book with the usual markings. The dust jacket is sun damaged, and the book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Contents Description: The author shows that at every level of authority—congressional, state, and county—a localistic world-view, a deferential political order, and adherence to republican ideology impeded the task of supplying the army, even though independence demanded military strength. - from the inside flap