Political History of America's Wars

by Axelrod, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781568029566
• ISBN10: 156802956X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

Political History of America's Wars chronicles more than 200 years of America's involvement in major wars, rebellions, and insurrections-from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Combining narrative history with extensive use of primary source documents and informative biographies, this unique new reference goes beyond the battlefield to explore the political antecedents, events, and consequences of each conflict through examination of political leadership, legislation, public opinion, diplomacy, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
The American Revolution (1771--1783)	1	(40)
Shays's Rebellion (1786--1787) and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794)	41	(8)
Little Turtle's War (1786--1795)	49	(10)
Franco-American Quasi-War (1798--1800)	59	(10)
Tripolitan War (1801--1805) and Algerine War (1815)	69	(8)
War of 1812 and the Creek War (1812--1815)	77	(14)
The Fredonian Rebellion (1826--1827) and the Aroostook War (1838--1839)	91	(6)
Seminole and Black Hawk Wars (1817--1858)	97	(15)
Texas War of Independence (1835--1836)	112	(10)
U.S.-Mexican War (1846--1848)	122	(18)
Introduction to the Indian Wars	140	(5)
Early Indian Wars in California (1850--1860)	145	(7)
Early Indian Wars in the Pacific Northwest (1855--1858)	152	(8)
Apache and Navajo War (1860--1868)	160	(9)
Civil War Prelude (1854--1861)	169	(12)
Minnesota Santee Sioux Uprising and Its Consequences (1862--1864)	181	(6)
The Civil War (1861--1865)	187	(36)
Reconstruction (1865--1877)	223	(11)
Cheyenne-Arapaho War (1864--1865)	234	(4)
War for the Bozeman Trail and Hancock's Campaign (1866--1868)	238	(7)
Snake War and Sheridan's Campaign (1866--1869)	245	(8)
Modoc War (1872--1873)	253	(5)
Red River (Kiowa) War (1874)	258	(6)
Apache War (1876--1886)	264	(10)
Sioux War for the Black Hills (1876--1879)	274	(10)
Nez Perce, Bannock, Sheepeater, and Ute Wars (1877--1879)	284	(8)
Sioux War of 1890--1891	292	(9)
Philippine Insurrections (1896--1902)	301	(8)
Spanish-American War (1898)	309	(14)
Moro Wars (1901--1913)	323	(4)
The Boxer Rebellion (1899--1901)	327	(9)
U.S. Interventions in Panama (1903) and Nicaragua (1909--1912)	336	(9)
Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa (1916--1917)	345	(6)
World War I (U.S. Participation, 1917--1918)	351	(20)
Nicaraguan Civil War of 1925--1933	371	(6)
World War II (U.S. Participation, 1941--1945)	377	(31)
Korean War (1950--1953)	408	(14)
Vietnam War (1954--1975)	422	(25)
The United States as Peacemaker	447	(16)
U.S. Interventions in Lebanon (1958 and 1975--1992)	463	(9)
Civil Wars in Nicaragua and Honduras (1978--1990)	472	(8)
U.S. Invasions of Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989)	480	(9)
Persian Gulf War (1991)	489	(8)
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992--1995)	497	(6)
U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1988--1994)	503	(6)
U.S. Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis (1996--1999)	509	(4)
War in Afghanistan and the War on Terror (2001--)	513	(6)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003--)	519	(12)
Index	531	(22)
Photo Credits	553	(2)
Text Credits	555