The American Military Tradition From Colonial Times to the Present

by Carroll, John M.; Baxter, Colin F.; Connelly, Owen; Gannon, Kevin; Greene, Jerome A.; Harmon, Christopher C.; Hixson, Walter L.; Mullen, Pierce C.; Piston, William Garrett; Valaik, David; Willmott, H P.; Woodward, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780742544284
• ISBN10: 0742544281
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this completely revised and updated second edition, historians John Carroll and Colin 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
CHAPTER ONE The Colonial Wars and the American Revolution	1	(34)
David H. Overy and Kevin M. Gannon
CHAPTER TWO Napoleonic Warfare	35	(18)
Owen Connelly
CHAPTER THREE The Wars of 1812 and 1846: The Leadership Factor	53	(24)
J. David Valaik
CHAPTER FOUR The American Civil War, 1861-1865	77	(24)
William Garrett Piston
CHAPTER FIVE Indian Wars of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1850's-1890's	101	(26)
Jerome A. Greene
CHAPTER SIX The Military Role of the United States in World War I	127	(24)
David R. Woodward
CHAPTER SEVEN The United States, World War II, and the Grand Alliance	151	(32)
Cohn F. Baxter
CHAPTER EIGHT The Second World War: The War against Japan	183	(30)
H.P. Willmott
CHAPTER NINE The Korean Conflict and the Cold War	213	(32)
Pierce C. Mullen
CHAPTER TEN America in Vietnam	245	(22)
John M. Carroll
CHAPTER ELEVEN Proliferation: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race	267	(22)
Walter L. Hixson
CHAPTER TWELVE Counterterrorism and the U.S. Military after 9/11	289	(20)
Christopher C. Harmon
Afterword	309	(8)
Index	317	(14)
About the Editors and Contributors	331