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| Title: | U.S. military history for dummies |
| Author (s): | McManus, John C. |
| Department/Lab Affiliations: | History & Political Science |
| Keywords: | United States -- History, Military United States -- Military history |
| Table of Contents: | 1. Why this stuff is so important -- 2. Why America Goes to War and Who We Fight -- 3. Meeting the Players -- 4. Lining Up the Armed Services -- 5. The Challenging Experience of Warfare -- 6. When the English Were Our Friends: Battling the French and Indians -- 7. So You Want to Start A Revolution: The War for Independence -- 8. War and Peace: Battling Indians, Old Friends, Tax Delinquents, and Pirates -- 9. We Have Met the Enemy: The War of 1812 -- 10. To The Halls of Montezuma: Fighting Mexico -- 11. The Civil War -- 12. The "Indian Wars": The Army Secures the Frontier -- 13. "Remember the Maine!" Fighting Spain and the Filipinos -- 14. Going Over There: The First World War -- 15. The Looming Crisis: World War II Before American Involvement -- 16. The Greatest War: World War II -- 17. Toying With Nuclear Armageddon: The Cold War Years -- 18. Hot War in Asia: The Korean War -- 19. The Very Long War: Vietnam -- 20. A War With Allies: The Persian Gulf War -- 21. The Long War Ahead: Terrorism, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- 22. The Ten Best Generals in U.S. Military History -- 23. The Ten Worst Generals in U.S. Military History -- 24. The Ten Best Movies on U.S. Military History |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Citation: | McManus, John. U.S. Military History for Dummies, pp. 384, 2007, New Jersey. |
| Type: | Book text |
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| title | U.S. military history for dummies |
| contributor.author | McManus, John C. |
| contributor.deptlab | History & Political Science |
| subject | United States -- History, Military |
| subject | United States -- Military history |
| date.issued | 2007 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| identifier.URI | |
| identifier.citation | McManus, John. U.S. Military History for Dummies, pp. 384, 2007, New Jersey. |
| description.tableOfContents | 1. Why this stuff is so important -- 2. Why America Goes to War and Who We Fight -- 3. Meeting the Players -- 4. Lining Up the Armed Services -- 5. The Challenging Experience of Warfare -- 6. When the English Were Our Friends: Battling the French and Indians -- 7. So You Want to Start A Revolution: The War for Independence -- 8. War and Peace: Battling Indians, Old Friends, Tax Delinquents, and Pirates -- 9. We Have Met the Enemy: The War of 1812 -- 10. To The Halls of Montezuma: Fighting Mexico -- 11. The Civil War -- 12. The "Indian Wars": The Army Secures the Frontier -- 13. "Remember the Maine!" Fighting Spain and the Filipinos -- 14. Going Over There: The First World War -- 15. The Looming Crisis: World War II Before American Involvement -- 16. The Greatest War: World War II -- 17. Toying With Nuclear Armageddon: The Cold War Years -- 18. Hot War in Asia: The Korean War -- 19. The Very Long War: Vietnam -- 20. A War With Allies: The Persian Gulf War -- 21. The Long War Ahead: Terrorism, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- 22. The Ten Best Generals in U.S. Military History -- 23. The Ten Worst Generals in U.S. Military History -- 24. The Ten Best Movies on U.S. Military History |
| type | Book |
| type.DCMIType | text |
| rights | This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. |
| date.available | 2008-06-24T13:13:33Z |
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