American Military History: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775-1917

ISBN-10: 075674900X
ISBN-13: 9780756749002
Series: American Military History
Pages: 409
Language: English
Published: 2005-08-01
Author: Richard W. Stewart

Description

Provides the U.S. Army -- its young officers, NCOs, & cadets -- with a comprehensive but brief account of its past. This is the first of 2 vols. It covers the Army's history form its birth in 1775 to the eve of WW1, when the U.S. had become a world power. Contents: What is mil. history?, theory & practice of war, & the Amer. mil. system; The colonial beginnings; The Amer. Revol'n., first phase; The winning of independ., 1777-1783; The formative years, 1783-1812; The War of 1812; Toward a professional army; The Mexican War & after; The Civil War; The inter-war years, 1865-1898; The Army in the Indian Wars, 1865-1890; Emergence to world power, 1898-1902; Transitional change, & the road to war, 1902-1917; & Epilogue. Dozens of maps & illustrations.