Why did Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear
standing armies, in 1802 establish the United States Military
Academy? For more than two centuries this question has received
scant attention, despite the significant contributions of both
Jefferson and West Point to American history. Thomas Jefferson's
Military Academy is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the
origins, purposes, and legacies of Jefferson's school on the cliffs
above the Hudson River. In a series of essays, an interdisciplinary
group of military historians, legal and constitutional scholars,
and experts on Jefferson's thought challenge the conventional
wisdom that the third president's founding of the academy should be
regarded as accidental or ironic. Although Jefferson feared the
potential power of a standing army, the contributors point out he
also contended that ""whatever enables us to go to war, secures our
peace."" They take a broad view of Jeffersonian security policy,
exploring the ways in which West Point bolstered America's defenses
against foreign aggression and domestic threats to the ideals of
the American Revolution.Written in clear and accessible prose,
Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy should appeal to scholars and
general readers interested in military history and the founding
generation. Contributors: Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia;
Don Higginbotham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; David
N. Mayer, Capital University Law School; Elizabeth D. Samet, United
States Military Academy; Theodore J. Crackel, East Stroudsburg
University of Pennsylvania; Jennings L. Wagoner Jr., University of
Virginia; Christine Coalwell McDonald, Storm King School; Samuel J.
Watson, United States Military Academy; Robert M. S. McDonald,
United States Military Academy; Jean M. Yarbrough, Bowdoin College.
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