The Citizen Soldiers

[A] scholarly and insightful account of the preparedness efforts of one elite group of civilians and army officers. In its breadth of research, liveliness of style, and perceptiveness of analysis this book clearly supersedes [previous histories] of the Plattsburg movement. It also makes a worth contribution toward a fuller understanding of the forces that helped to precipitate the dramatic changes in American military institutions in World War I.

~American Historical Review

[T]his book reveals the fine military history being written by younger American scholars. Garry Clifford has consulted materials at the Library of Congress and the National Archives, used the previously untapped papers of Grenville Clark at Dartmouth, and interviewed survivors of the Plattsburg Movement. He has given the movement a significant place in the story of how, in the early twentieth century, concerned American civilians and soldiers forged a new military manpower policy to replace the ineffective and inequitable nineteenth-century volunteer system.

~Daniel R. Beaver, Journal of American History

The Citizen Soldiers is a solid addition to the literature on 20th century preparedness.

~Donald J. Mrozek, Military Affairs

This highly readable book [...] is thoroughly researched. In the view of this reviewer, The Citizen Soldiers is a worthy recipient of the Frederick Jackson Turner Award.

~James J. Hudson, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

It is not hard to see why this book won the prestigious Frederick Jackson Turner Prize. It is a fine contribution to an understanding of the development of American military policy.

~David W. Levy, Indiana Magazine of History