The National Guard and National Defense: The Mobilization of the Guard in World War II

This book is the first detailed look at the most important event in National Guard history--the complete mobilization of the Guard during World War II. The compromises, conflicts, emotions, and legal precedents involved in the 1940-41 mobilization were to affect the National Guard and national defense strategy for many years to come.

Author: Robert Bruce Sligh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/28/1992
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780275940560

About the Author

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.