The term "militia" derives from Old English milite meaning soldiers (plural), militisc meaning military and also classical Latin milit-, miles meaning soldier. The Modern English term militia dates to the year 1590, with the

Beginning in the late 20th century, some militias (in particular officially recognized and sanctioned militias of a government) act as professional forces, while still being part-time or on-call organizations.

militia, military organization of citizens with limited military training, which is available for emergency service, usually for local defense. In many countries the militia is of ancient origin; Macedonia under Philip II (d. 336 bc), for example, had a militia of clansmen in border regions who could be called to arms to repel invaders.

2017年4月10日 · THE IDEA OF a militia – that is a group of armed citizens that enter military service in time of need – has a long and contentious history in the United States. The legal and constitutional ramifications of militias have stirred fierce debate recently, reinvigorated by the armed militants that took over federal land in Oregon in 2016 .

2015年1月9日 · Militias rapidly formed based on the Assize of Arms in England, which was a proclamation dating back to 1181 made by Norman King Henry II. It held that it was a universal obligation of select classes to have arms and to serve in the defense of their kingdom.

Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships.

Militia movement, in the United States, movement of private, generally right-wing paramilitary organizations whose members characteristically accept highly conspiratorial interpretations of politics and view themselves as defenders of traditional freedoms against government oppression.

In 1784 an army was created to go into the Northwest Territory; its seven hundred troops had been culled from the militias of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A tax revolt known as Shays's Rebellion in western Massachusetts in 1786–1787 proved to many that the militia was unreliable.

2017年3月20日 · The idea of a militia - that is, groups of armed citizens that enter military service in time of need - has a long and contentious history in the United States. The idea of what constitutes the militia under the Constitution is has stirred up …

The combination of militia troops and regular forces from America's earliest history engendered what Russell F. Weigley identifies as an American “dual army tradition.” The militia took root in the British colonies when most European nations abandoned …