The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the PresentJohn Martin Carroll, Colin F. Baxter In this completely revised and updated second edition, historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter have gathered an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. |
Contents
The Colonial Wars and the American Revolution | 1 |
Napoleonic Warfare | 33 |
The Wars of 1812 and 1846 The Leadership Factor | 51 |
The American Civil War 18611865 | 75 |
Indian Wars of the TransMississippi West 1850s1890s | 99 |
The Military Role of the United States in World War I | 125 |
The United States World War II and the Grand Alliance | 149 |
The Second World War The War against Japan | 181 |
The Korean Conflict and the Cold War | 211 |
America in Vietnam | 243 |
Proliferation The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race | 265 |
Counterterrorism and the US Military after 911 | 287 |
Afterword | 307 |
Index | 315 |
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The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the Present John Martin Carroll,Colin F. Baxter No preview available - 2007 |
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References to this book
Bunker Hill to Bastogne: Elite Forces and American Society Briton Cooper Busch No preview available - 2006 |