Table of Contents
This edition first published 2013
2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Registered Office
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK
Editorial Offices
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA
9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK
The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK
For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell.
The right of Brad D. Lookingbill to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.
Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book.
Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author(s) have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services and neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
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
1.1 | Robert Rogers commandeur der Americaner, 1778. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
1.2 | Map of European claims in North America, 17541763 |
1.3 | View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, 1783. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
2.1 | Alexander H. Ritchie, Washington and His Generals, 1870. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
2.2 | Map of the Northern Campaigns |
2.3 | Jean-Michel Moreau, John Paul Jones, 1781. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
2.4 | Map of the Southern Campaigns |
3.1 | Action between U.S. frigate Constellation and French frigate LInsurgente. John W. Schmidt. Photo KN-2882, U.S. Navy Historical Center, Department of the Navy |
3.2 | Meriwether Lewis fires his rifle, 1810. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
4.1 | Plan of Fort Detroit, January 26, 1812. Miscellaneous Collection, F 775, Box MU 2102, Archives of Ontario |
4.2 | Map of the War of 1812 |
4.3 | General Andrew Jackson, after Thomas Sully (17831872). Private collection/Peter Newark American Pictures/The Bridgeman Art Library |
5.1 | The American Soldier, 1827. Army Artwork, Prints and Poster Sets, U.S. Army Center of Military History |
5.2 | W. G. Wall, West Point, 1821. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
6.1 | Nathaniel Currier, Landing of the American Forces under General Scott, 1847. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
6.2 | Map of the U.S.Mexico War |
6.3 | Nathaniel Currier, An Available Candidate, 1848. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
7.1 | To Colored Men!, 1863. Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 17621984, National Archives |
7.2 | Map of the U.S. Civil War |
7.3 | General Robert E. Lee, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
7.4 | General Ulysses S. Grant at his headquarters, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
8.1 | Geronimo, 1886. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
8.2 | Map of the Trans-Mississippi West, 18601890 |
8.3 | C Troop at supper, 1895. Indian War Widows Project Records Collection, U.S. National Park Service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial |
9.1 | The 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 |
9.2 | Ship's company, U.S.S. Maine, 1896. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
9.3 | Map of colonialism in Asia, 1914 |
9.4 | U.S. interventions in Latin America, 19001935 |
10.1 | Sergeant Alvin C. York, 1919. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
10.2 | That Liberty shall not Perish from the Earth, 1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
10.3 | Map of World War I on the Western Front |
11.1 | Aeromarine 39-B airplane, 19 October 1922. Photo NH 93178, U.S. Navy Historical Center, Department of the Navy |
11.2 | Pearl Harbor Naval Base and U.S.S. Shaw aflame, 1941. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
12.1 | Marine Private First Class Douglas Lightheart at Peleliu, September 14, 1944. Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 17759999, National Archives |
12.2 | Map of World War II in Asia |
12.3 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the Order of the Day, 1944. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
12.4 | Map of the European theater, 19421945 |
12.5 | Colonel 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 |
13.1 | Recruiting 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 |
13.2 | Map of the Korean War |
13.3 | Fighting 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/ |
Next page