4 Chi J Intl L 165
Richard H. Kohn

This Essay discusses the role of the military in land defense. The Essay examines this history of the domestic employment of military forces from the beginning of the republic through the pre-9/11 era. It then goes on to examine how the military has been employed to provide land defense in post-9/11 America. The Essay discusses the potential dangers posed by the use of the regular military forces in the domestic arena. It concludes that such use may impair US military effectiveness abroad, as well as undermine domestic civil liberties.