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Thomas Jefferson's military academy : founding West Point

Why did Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, in 1802 establish the United States Military Academy? This is a treatment of the origins, purposes, and legacies of the school. Although Jefferson feared the potential power of a standing army, he also contended that "whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace."
Print Book, English, 2004
University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Va., 2004
History
xix, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
9780813922980, 0813922984
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