To Starve the Army at Pleasure : Continental Army Administration and American Political Culture, 1775-1783

by Carp, E. Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780807815878
• ISBN10: 080781587X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

American political culture and military necessity were at odds during the War for American Independence, as demonstrated in this new interpretation of Continental army administration. E. Wayne Carp 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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

E. Wayne Carp is assistant professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Prologue: Eighteenth-Century American Political Culture	p. 3
War Administration, 1775-1776	p. 17
Reform and Reorganization, 1777-1780	p. 33
Problems of Supply	p. 53
Impressment	p. 75
Corruption	p. 99
Motivation of Staff Officers	p. 153
The State Supply System, 1780-1781	p. 169
The Nationalists, 1780-1783	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 219
Appendix	p. 223
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 291
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