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The American Military: A Narrative History presents a comprehensive introduction to more than four centuries of American military history.

  • Presents a chronological account of American military history from clashes between militias and Native Americans to 21st-century operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Features personal vignettes to put a human face on armed conflict
  • Addresses patterns of national service, the evolution of civil-military relations, and the advent of all-volunteer forces
  • Puts events in historical context, and considers cultural, social, political, economic, and technological developments

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available for this book.

ISBN 9781444337358 (hb)

ISBN 9781444337365 (pb)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Cover image: U.S. soldiers at vehicle checkpoint in Mosul, Iraq, 2003. Photo Scott Nelson/Getty Images

List of Illustrations

1.1Robert Rogers commandeur der Americaner, 1778. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
1.2Map of European claims in North America, 17541763
1.3View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, 1783. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
2.1Alexander H. Ritchie, Washington and His Generals, 1870. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
2.2Map of the Northern Campaigns
2.3Jean-Michel Moreau, John Paul Jones, 1781. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
2.4Map of the Southern Campaigns
3.1Action between U.S. frigate Constellation and French frigate LInsurgente. John W. Schmidt. Photo KN-2882, U.S. Navy Historical Center, Department of the Navy
3.2Meriwether Lewis fires his rifle, 1810. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
4.1Plan of Fort Detroit, January 26, 1812. Miscellaneous Collection, F 775, Box MU 2102, Archives of Ontario
4.2Map of the War of 1812
4.3General Andrew Jackson, after Thomas Sully (17831872). Private collection/Peter Newark American Pictures/The Bridgeman Art Library
5.1The American Soldier, 1827. Army Artwork, Prints and Poster Sets, U.S. Army Center of Military History
5.2W. G. Wall, West Point, 1821. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
6.1Nathaniel Currier, Landing of the American Forces under General Scott, 1847. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
6.2Map of the U.S.Mexico War
6.3Nathaniel Currier, An Available Candidate, 1848. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
7.1To Colored Men!, 1863. Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 17621984, National Archives
7.2Map of the U.S. Civil War
7.3General Robert E. Lee, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
7.4General Ulysses S. Grant at his headquarters, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
8.1Geronimo, 1886. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
8.2Map of the Trans-Mississippi West, 18601890
8.3C Troop at supper, 1895. Indian War Widows Project Records Collection, U.S. National Park Service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
9.1The New York nurses, 1898. Photograph of Sternberg General Hospital, Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Georgia, Army Nurse Corps in the War with Spain, U.S. Army Center of Military History
9.2Ship's company, U.S.S. Maine, 1896. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
9.3Map of colonialism in Asia, 1914
9.4U.S. interventions in Latin America, 19001935
10.1Sergeant Alvin C. York, 1919. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
10.2That Liberty shall not Perish from the Earth, 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
10.3Map of World War I on the Western Front
11.1Aeromarine 39-B airplane, 19 October 1922. Photo NH 93178, U.S. Navy Historical Center, Department of the Navy
11.2Pearl Harbor Naval Base and U.S.S. Shaw aflame, 1941. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
12.1Marine Private First Class Douglas Lightheart at Peleliu, September 14, 1944. Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 17759999, National Archives
12.2Map of World War II in Asia
12.3General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the Order of the Day, 1944. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
12.4Map of the European theater, 19421945
12.5Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay, August 6, 1945. Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 19261951, National Archives
13.1Recruiting poster for women in the Air Force, 1951. The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, Martha Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
13.2Map of the Korean War
13.3Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, November 20, 1950. Integration of Armed Forces in Korea, U.S. Army, http://www.army.mil/media/32791/
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