The United States At War

by Super, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781587652387
• ISBN10: 1587652382
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Magill's Choice
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Table of Contents

World War II: 1939-1945
World War II	381	(16)
Weapons, Tactics, and Strategies	397	(10)
The Naval War	407	(7)
The Air War	414	(8)
U.S. Supreme Court During the War	422	(5)
Women in the War	427	(4)
Censorship During the War	431	(6)
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events August, 1939: Mobilization for Possible War	437	(93)
September, 1939-May, 1945: Battle of the North Atlantic	441	(1)
March, 1941: Lend-Lease Act	442	(4)
December, 1941: Battle of Pearl Harbor	446	(5)
December, 1941: Axis Declaration of War on the United States	451	(4)
December, 1941-April, 1942: Battle of Bataan	455	(2)
February, 1942: Japanese American Internment	457	(5)
May, 1942: Battle of the Coral Sea	462	(2)
June, 1942: Battle of Midway	464	(4)
June, 1942: Manhattan Project	468	(4)
August, 1942-February, 1943: Battle of Guadalcanal	472	(5)
November, 1942: North Africa Invasion	477	(5)
July-September, 1943: Italy Invasion	482	(3)
September-October, 1943: Battle of Salerno	485	(2)
November, 1943: Battle of Tarawa	487	(1)
June, 1944: Operation Overlord	488	(5)
June-July, 1944: Battle for Saipan	493	(1)
June, 1944: Superfortress Bombing of Japan	494	(4)
July-August, 1944: Battle of Guam	498	(2)
July-August, 1944: Battle of Tinian	500	(1)
October, 1944: Battle for Leyte Gulf	501	(6)
December, 1944: Battle of the Bulge	507	(5)
February, 1945: Yalta Conference	512	(3)
February-March, 1945: Battle for Iwo Jima	515	(2)
April-July, 1945: Battle of Okinawa	517	(1)
May, 1945: V-E Day	518	(4)
July-August, 1945: Potsdam Conference	522	(3)
August, 1945: Atomic Bombing of Japan	525	(5)
Further Reading	530	(13)
Korean War: 1950-1953
Korean War	543	(9)
The Air War	552	(4)
Censorship During the War	556	(2)
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events July-September, 1950: Battle of the Pusan Perimeter	558	(10)
September, 1950: Inchon Landing	559	(2)
October, 1950-April, 1951: Truman-MacArthur Confrontation	561	(4)
April, 1951: Battle of Imjin River	565	(1)
March-July, 1953: Battle of Pork Chop Hill	566	(2)
Further Reading	568	(5)
Vietnam War: 1960's-1975
Vietnam War	573	(8)
Weapons, Tactics, and Strategies	581	(9)
The Peace Movement	590	(5)
Justice During the War	595	(5)
U.S. Supreme Court During the War	600	(5)
Women in the War	605	(4)
Ethics of the War	609	(4)
Censorship During the War	613	(6)
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events August, 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution	619	(20)
November, 1965: Battle of Ia Drang Valley	620	(1)
January-April, 1968: Siege of Khe Sanh	621	(1)
January-February, 1968: Tet Offensive	622	(2)
January-February, 1968: Battle of Hue	624	(1)
March, 1968: My Lai Massacre	625	(6)
April-June, 1970: Cambodia Invasion	631	(4)
March, 1973: U.S. Withdrawal from Vietnam	635	(4)
Further Reading	639	(8)
Conflicts in the Caribbean: 1961-1989
Conflicts in the Caribbean	647	(6)
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion	653	(21)
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis	658	(5)
1965: Dominican Republic Occupation	663	(2)
1983: Grenada Occupation	665	(4)
1983: Censorship During the Grenada Occupation	669	(2)
1989: Panama Occupation	671	(3)
Further Reading	674	(5)
Post-Cold War Conflicts: 1991-2005
Post-Cold War Conflicts	679	(7)
Campaigns, Battles, and Other Events 1991: Gulf War	686	(72)
1991: Censorship During the Gulf War	691	(2)
1991: Air War in the Gulf	693	(5)
1991: Women in the Gulf War	698	(3)
1992: ``No Fly'' Zone in Iraq	701	(3)
1992: Somalia Occupation	704	(4)
1994: U.S. Troops in Bosnia	708	(2)
1995: NATO Troops in Bosnia	710	(3)
1998: Missile Attacks on Afghanistan and Sudan	713	(3)
1998: Bombing of Military Sites in Iraq	716	(3)
2000: Terrorist Attack on the USS Cole	719	(3)
2001: Terrorist Attacks on the United States	722	(5)
2001: Invasion of Afghanistan	727	(5)
2001: War on Terrorism	732	(11)
2003: Iraq War	743	(8)
2003: Postwar Occupation of Iraq	751	(7)
Further Reading	758	(5)
Bibliography	763	(12)
Time Line of U.S. Wars and Battles	775	(7)
Biographical Directory	782	(15)
Index of Personages	797	(10)
Subject Index	807