Gentile Gian, Karns Jameson. The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present. Volume I

RAND Corporation, 2020. — 117 p.Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a “traditional” U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. armed forces emerged from long-standing debates and a series of legislative compromises between 1903 and 1940. Volume I traces U.S. military policy from the colonial era through the Spanish-American War.