American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents

Professor Biography
Table of Contents
Course Scope
1. America: Forged in War
2. George Washington Takes Command
3. Redcoats Fall to the Continental Army
4. Andrew Jackson and the War of 1812
5. The Mexican-American War of 1846–1848
6. Opening Volleys of the Civil War: 1861–1862
7. The Civil War’s Main Front: 1862
8. Vicksburg to Gettysburg: 1862–1863
9. Chattanooga to Appomattox: 1863–1865
10. The Spanish-American War of 1898
11. American Expeditionary Forces: 1917–1918
12. John J. Pershing, the Doughboys, and France
13. From Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway
14. War in North Africa and the South Pacific
15. Air Power over Germany; Toward Japan by Sea
16. From Normandy to Berlin and Tokyo
17. Korea and the Cold War
18. The United States Enters Vietnam
19. Elusive Victory in Southeast Asia
20. American Forces in Grenada and Panama
21. Knocking Iraq Out of Kuwait
22. Balkan Wars: Bosnia and Kosovo
23. Afghanistan, Iraq, and Terrorism
24. Facing Wars Past and Future
Bibliography
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