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100	1		_aFortescue, Granville, _d1875-1952
245	1	0	_aFore-armed
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-12-22
508			_adeaurider, chenzw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"Fore-armed" by Granville Fortescue is a treatise on military preparedness and citizen-soldier organization written in the early 20th century. It compares the defense systems of several nations to extract practical lessons for building a democratic, economical U.S. citizen army. Grounded in recent wartime observations, it advocates universal, field-focused training tailored to American traditions. The opening of the work frames preparedness as a civic necessity, then surveys foreign models to guide U.S. policy. It first details Switzerland’s compulsory militia: strict physical selection, modest but intensive field training, universal marksmanship culture, low costs, and officers promoted from the ranks. It then outlines Germany’s universal service and layered reserves, rigorous barracks discipline, industrial integration, railways under military logic, and the dangers of a domineering military caste. The French section highlights a democratic army ethos, three years’ active service with deep reserves and territorials, and a strong officer–soldier bond that fosters battlefield initiative. Australia’s scheme shows universal training built through school cadets into short, annual militia camps that still yield high combat value. England’s experience contrasts a superb but small professional army with fragile reserves, illustrating why volunteers and thin territorials failed and why conscription became unavoidable. A chapter on the new era in warfare stresses trench stalemate, mass artillery, and the rise of airships, aircraft, and submarines, urging American technical innovation, and the section’s close begins a discussion of how shrinking global transport lines sharpen the United States’ strategic exposure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cPhiladelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1916
653			_aUnited States -- Defenses
653			_aArmies
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/forearmedhowtobu00fortrich
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77534
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