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Informationen zum Autor John M. Carroll is Regents' Professor of History at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. Colin F. Baxter is chair of the Department of History at East Tennessee State University. Klappentext In this completely revised and updated second edition, historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. 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. Zusammenfassung In this completely revised and updated second edition! historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Colonial Wars and the American RevolutionChapter 2: Napoleonic WarfareChapter 3: The Wars of 1812 and 1846: The Leadership FactorChapter 4: The American Civil War, 1861-1865Chapter 5: Indian Wars of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1850s-1890sChapter 6: The Military Role of the United States in World War IChapter 7: The United States, World War II, and the Grand AllianceChapter 8: The Second World War: The War against JapanChapter 9: The Korean Conflict and the Cold WarChapter 10: America in VietnamChapter 11: Proliferation: The United States and the Nuclear Arms RaceChapter 12: Counterterrorism and the U.S. Military after 9/11Afterword
