What Made America? The Professional Military

<p>Today's United States of America boasts one of the largest and most expensive militaries in the world. But this wasn't always a guarantee.</p><br><p>In this episode, we're hearing how the professional military was created despite it's existence being at odds with the Republican ideals the nation was founded on.</p><br><p>Don is joined by friend of the podcast, Cecily Zander. Cecily is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wyoming and author of “The Army under Fire: Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era” and “Abraham Lincoln and the American West".</p><br><p>Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">historyhit.com/subscribe</a>;. </p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><br><p>American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p>

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