The State and the SoldierAmericas Founding Fathers feared that a standing army would be a permanent political danger, yet the U. S. military has in the 250 years since become a bulwark of democracy. Kori Schake explains why in this compelling history of civil military relations from independence to the challenges of the present. The book begins with General Washington's vital foundational example of subordination to elected leaders during the Revolutionary War. Schake