This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Serves as a foundation for undergraduate courses in American military history. American Military History is uniquely tailored to American military history courses. Organized chronologically, the text begins at the point of European conflict with Native Americans and concludes with military affairs in the early 21st century. The content and style will appeal to history majors and non-majors and is designed to allow instructors flexibility in the structure of their course. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Understand the central themes and events in the American military history Relate these themes to American history as a whole\ Know the issues beyond war that have contributed to the American military experience Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205912133 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205912131.
From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army. This...
From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army.
This highly readable and authoritative history of American military operations examines the campaigns and the changing practices that have helped to define Western warfare. Beginning with Anglo-American skirmishes in the...
American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents
Prepared by the Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, as a basic textbook in American military history.
Including contributions from both eminent military historians and emerging scholars, the essays address every American war from the Indian and imperial conflicts of the seventeenth century to the current battles in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He placed not quite half of his forces under the command of Daniel Morgan and sent them west past the Catawba River, and took the remainder east and south to the Pee Dee River. This choice seemed to fly in the face of conventional ...
This volume traces the evolution of the American military, its institutions, strategic doctrines, and technology.
"American Military History makes available to a civilian audience for the first time a comprehensive view of the parallel development of the American military and the American nation, evaluated in lig"
Powell was quick to sense—and embrace—the new mood. “The doves are starting to complain about all the damage you're doing,” the closeted four-star dove told Schwarzkopf on a call to Riyadh. “The reports make it look like wanton killing.