The National Guard and National Defense: The Mobilization of the Guard in World War II
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The National Guard and National Defense: The Mobilization of the Guard in World War II
By (Author) Robert B. Sligh
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
28th February 1992
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
War and defence operations
Social and cultural history
940.54
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Description
The battle for control over the National Guard began with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1933. The National Guard Association's insistence on a federal role for the Guard prompted the creation of dual status for guardsmen so that after 1933 they were not only soldiers of the state, but of the American nation as well. The first test of the Guard's status came as the world plunged into World War II. The compromises, conflicts, emotions, and legal precedents involved in the 1940-41 mobilisation were to affect the National Guard and national defense strategy for many years to come. This study demonstrates the importance of the political situation with regard to the National Guard and the consequences for later defense policy and legislation.
Author Bio
ROBERT BRUCE SLIGH is historian at the Headquarters of the Twelfth Air Force (Tactical Air Command), Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. He is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and Texas A&M University.
