{"product_id":"the-united-states-army-1783-1811","title":"United States Army 1783–1811","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the Revolutionary War ended Washington's victorious Continental Army was disbanded.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe infant United States had very mixed feelings about standing armies; but years of Indian-fighting on the frontier emphasised the need for a force larger than Josiah Harmar's original 700-man 1st American Regiment. In the event Secretary Hamilton's far-sighted reforms, which produced 'Wayne's Legion' in the early 1790s, were to be short-lived, and it took later threats of international war to stimulate the eventual expansion of the young US Army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Kochan's meticulously researched study of a dramatic and confused period in American military history - the years of St Clair's disaster, 'Mad Anthony' Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, and Harrison's at Tippecanoe - is illustrated with many rare and important paintings and drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56167022264664,"sku":"9781841760872","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781841760872_f820dfd4-d230-4017-9909-4e83480f7e4c.jpg?v=1778748352","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-united-states-army-1783-1811","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}