Federalism Disarmed

<p>Federalism Disarmed: Power Militias and the Fragility of American Democracy</p><p>From Lexington Green to Little Rock from the antebellum muster fields to the National Guard deployments of the modern era the history of American militias tells a story far larger than muskets uniforms or parades. It is the story of federalism itself: how power was divided contested and ultimately centralized. <em>Federalism Disarmed</em> argues that the rise and fall of state militias is not a dusty chapter in military history but a key to understanding both why the Civil War could erupt so quickly and why states today are powerless to resist an increasingly authoritarian federal government.</p>