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I meant the specific plan of turning the army towards nonmilitary, socially useful purposes. Lippard was a fascinating utopian thinker and Gothic novelist of the 1840s who found himself inspired by the army of the Mexican War to discuss what such organization could do if put to building homes for the poor, etc. Bellamy's "Nationalism" at the turn of the last century attracted some interesting support from some prominent Civil War heroes because of this notion of the army as a tool for society and soldiers as members of society in particular service to the public good. It's a natural impulse, I suppose, because the military is the strongest institution in the capitalist state.... ML ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
