Polity Forum: Politics, History, and The State of the State
Polity (2008) 40, 348–354. doi:10.1057/pol.2008.7; published online 5 May 2008
The State in a Blue Uniform*
Andrew J Polsky1 and William D Adler1
1City University of New York
*We thank the other forum participants and John Reda for their comments on earlier versions of this essay.
Keywords:
United States Army, American political development, economic development, partisanship, collective goods


