# Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies In Military History Ser

The Paramilitary Turn, the first volume in the Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies In Military History series, examines the evolution of American law enforcement into a central component of national security. This history book series explores how police institutions adopted military structures, tactics, and strategic thinking from the Progressive Era through the Cold War. Ryan T. Reynolds investigates the transformation of civilian policing into a security apparatus that managed domestic unrest and projected American influence abroad.

The series analyzes how law enforcement became integrated into the broader national security framework through intelligence gathering and counterinsurgency campaigns. By placing police within the analytical framework of military history, these scholarly works bridge operational history with the study of war and society. This historical book series reframes civil-military relations by demonstrating how civilian institutions performed military functions to establish a distinctly American form of a garrison state.

## Books in this series (3)

- Vol. 1 — [Remember the Tuscania!](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781501788949) (ISBN 9781501788949)
- Vol. 1 — [Flying Brothers](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781501789007) (ISBN 9781501789007)
- Vol. 1 — [The Paramilitary Turn](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781501790614) (ISBN 9781501790614)

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