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America's wars / Alan Axelrod.
- Title
- America's wars / Alan Axelrod.
- Author
- Axelrod, Alan, 1952-
- Publication
- New York : J. Wiley, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E181 .A94 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 550 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- [This book provides] information on every significant recorded conflict in American history, from Bunker Hill to the Bataan Peninsula, from Antietam to Afghanistan. [The book] sheds light on the underlying causes of each conflict and offers ... insight and perspective on the conduct and historical impact of more than 100 armed struggles.-Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- A Wiley desk reference
- Uniform Title
- Wiley desk reference
- Subject
- United States > History, Military
- Genre/Form
- Military history
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-530) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Colonial and Native American wars before 1754 -- French and Indian War -- American Revolution -- Conflicts of the early republic and the War of 1812 -- Wars of the Indian removal -- United States, Mexican War and associated conflicts -- Early Indian wars in the West -- Civil War -- Later Indian wars in the West -- Spanish-American War and other imperialist conflicts -- World War I, 1914-1918 -- World War II, 1939-1945 -- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam War, 1954-1975 -- Cold War conflicts since 1958 -- First war of the twenty-first century.
- ISBN
- 0471327972 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2001046893
- OCLC
- 48098383
- SCSB-10865346
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library