U.S. Military History For DummiesISBN: 978-0-470-16502-7
Paperback
384 pages
November 2007
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Introduction 1
Part I: The Nitty-Gritty of U.S. Military History 7
Chapter 1: Why This Stuff Is Important 9
Chapter 2: Why America Goes to War and Who We Fight 17
Chapter 3: Meeting the Players 29
Chapter 4: Lining Up the Armed Services 41
Chapter 5: The Changing Experience of Warfare 53
Part II: Born in War 65
Chapter 6: When the English Were Our Friends: Battling the Indians and the French 67
Chapter 7: So You Want to Start a Revolution: The War for Independence 79
Chapter 8: War and Peace: Battling Indians, Old Friends, Tax Delinquents, and Pirates 97
Chapter 9: We Have Met the Enemy: The War of 1812 107
Part III: Forged in War 121
Chapter 10: To the Halls of Montezuma: Fighting Mexico 123
Chapter 11: The Civil War 137
Chapter 12: The “Indian Wars”: The Army Secures the Frontier 159
Chapter 13: “Remember the Maine!” Fighting Spain and the Filipinos 171
Part IV Going Global: The World Wars 185
Chapter 14: Over There: The First World War 187
Chapter 15: The Looming Crisis: World War II before American Involvement 205
Chapter 16: The Greatest War: World War II 221
Part V: Bearing Any Burden: The Cold War and the Unpaid Peace Dividend 243
Chapter 17: Toying with Nuclear Armageddon: The Cold War Years 245
Chapter 18: Hot War in Asia: The Korean War 261
Chapter 19: The Very Long War: Vietnam 277
Chapter 20: A War with Allies: The Persian Gulf War 297
Chapter 21: The Long War Ahead: Terrorism, Afghanistan, and Iraq 313
Part VI: The Part of Tens 329
Chapter 22: The Ten Best Generals in U.S. Military History 331
Chapter 23: The Ten Worst Generals in U.S. Military History 337
Chapter 24: The Ten Best Movies on U.S. Military History 343
Index 349