Alpha Bravo Delta Guide to Decisive 20th Century Battles

by Smith Jr., W. Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781592571475
• ISBN10: 1592571476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-04
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

This who, what, when, where, why, and how of American military victory and defeat includes: * Every decisive battle waged by the U.S. military over the last century from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 to Operation Desert Storm * A comprehensive look at each leader and each army * A detailed examination of the full operations and the specfic conflicts * A complete overview of 20th-century American military history * The 100-year evolution of military science and theory

Author Biography

W. Thomas Smith, Jr. is a journalist who has reported from battlefields from the Balkans to the Middle East. He has written for USA Today, George, U.S. News & World Report, Business Week, and National Review Online. A former infantry leader with the 5th Marines, the Corps' most decorated regime, Smith was also a contributor to the book, A Nation Changed: One Year After 9/11.

Table of Contents

The Boxer Rebellion Through World War I	p. 1
The Boxer Rebellion	p. 3
Introduction to World War I	p. 7
Cantigny	p. 13
Chateau-Thierry	p. 17
Second Marne to Meuse-Argonne Offensive	p. 27
World War II	p. 41
Introduction to World War II	p. 43
Coral Sea	p. 51
Midway	p. 57
Guadalcanal	p. 65
El Guettar	p. 75
Tarawa	p. 85
Leyte Gulf	p. 93
Normandy Invasion	p. 101
Battle of the Bulge	p. 115
Iwo Jima	p. 127
Okinawa	p. 137
The Korean Conflict	p. 145
Introduction to the Korean Conflict	p. 147
The Inchon Landing and the Capture of Seoul	p. 155
Attack Along the Yalu River and the Chosin Reservoir	p. 161
The Vietnam War	p. 171
Introduction to the Vietnam War	p. 173
Chu Lai	p. 181
Ia Drang Valley	p. 185
Binh Dinh	p. 193
Operation Attleboro	p. 199
Loc Ninh	p. 205
Dak To	p. 209
Tet Offensive	p. 215
Hamburger Hill	p. 225
Post-Vietnam to the 21st Century	p. 233
Operation Urgent Fury	p. 235
Operation El Dorado Canyon	p. 243
Operation Just Cause	p. 251
Operation Desert Storm	p. 257
Task Force Ranger, Mogadishu	p. 267
Afterword	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 293
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