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Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812. By C. Edward Skeen. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1998. x, 229 pp. $27.50, isbn 0-8131-2089-6.)

Studies of the War of 1812 have experienced a remarkable revival in recent years, inviting us to use that smaller war to assess more carefully other smaller American conflicts. C. Edward Skeen contributes to the expanding dialogue by probing the borders between state and federal authority, as each level of government attempted to mobilize the citizen soldier between 1812 and 1814. The author paints a stark picture of the decline of the militia tradition in the early republic, and the militias' poor combat performance in the war. . . .

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