Research Catalog

Title

American military history.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Center of Military History

Description

xx, 755 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Army historical series

Uniform Title

Army historical series.

Subject

United States > History, Military

Genre/Form

• Military history
• Military history.

Note

• "Partially revised edition"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-720) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- The beginnings -- The American Revolution : first phase -- The winning of Independence, 1777-1783 -- The formative years, 1783-1812 -- The War of 1812 -- The Thirty Years' Peace -- The Mexican War and after -- The Civil War, 1861 -- The Civil War, 1862 -- The Civil War, 1863 -- The Civil War, 1864-1865 -- Darkness and light : the interwar years, 1865-1898 -- Winning the West : the Army in the Indian wars -- Emergence to world power, 1898-1902 -- Transition and change, 1902-1917 -- World War I : the first three years -- World War I : the U.S. Army overseas -- Between world wars -- World War II : the defensive phase -- Grand strategy and the Washington high command -- World War II : the war against Germany and Italy -- World War II : the war against Japan -- Peace becomes Cold War, 1945-1950 -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 -- The Army and the new look -- Global pressures and the flexible response -- The U.S. Army in Vietnam.

LCCN

^^^89602760^

OCLC

• 20149794
• 20149794

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library