Militia activism has been a part of the American political and social landscape since the beginning of the Republic. Beginning with the Anti-Federalists during the founding period, there has always been a group of Americans who believe that patriotism...

The huge professional or conscript standing armies of the post-Second World War period, intended to fight a major war with little supplementation from the civilian population, are historically anomalous. More typically nations have relied mainly on...

The citizen soldier has a significant place in much democratic theory. There is no clear distinction between a citizen soldier and a conscript, and the term is sometimes used to cover the latter, but the full implication of independence and...

DOWNSTAIRS IN THE dining room of the little South Dakota church, scores of men are standing around in small groups. Most are dressed in blue jeans and flannel shirts; a few wear old army fatigues. Many wear brimmed caps, some displaying the name of a...

The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary[1] citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, and those engaged in such activity, without being paid a regular salary or...

The Jewish Week 06-20-1997 Spinelessness On Militias The 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma city, which took 168 lives, alerted the nation to the dangers posed by the armed anti-government groups that have spread like a noxious virus across the...

THE BOOKSHELF A Militia Tale 1776 By David McCullough Simon & Schuster 386 pages Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough provides the perfect setup in the opening pages of 1776 when he quotes Britain's Lord Sandwich: "Suppose the colonies abound in men,...

President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday rejected allegations in a leaked CIA report that his army chief collaborated extensively with right-wing militias accused of some of the worst atrocities in Colombia's long-running civil conflict.The leaked CIA report was the basis for a Los Angeles Times article...

A look at Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia, which he said Wednesday would "freeze" operations for up to six months.___MUQTADA AL-SADR: The radical Shiite cleric commands influence as both a political force and leader of the Mahdi Army, a network of...

Militias in America date back to colonial times, when citizens agreed to provide their services and firearms for mutual defense. Today, militias consist of two types: government-sanctioned state militias and private citizen militias that are...