The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army.... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.


Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (ed. Broadway Books, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307461001

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The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army.... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian ...

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army.... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian ...

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army.... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian ...

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army.... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian ...