Center of Military History United States Army
Washington, DC 1989
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| Chapter |
Page |
| Front Matter |
v |
| Introduction |
1 |
| The Beginnings |
18 |
| The American Revolution: First Phase |
41 |
| The Winning of Independence, 1777-1783 |
70 |
| The Formative Years, 1783-1812 |
101 |
| The War of 1812 |
122 |
| The Thirty Years’ Peace |
148 |
| The Mexican War and After |
163 |
| The Civil War, 1861 |
184 |
| The Civil War, 1862 |
209 |
| The Civil War, 1863 |
236 |
| The Civil War, 1864-1865 |
262 |
| Darkness and Light: The Interwar Years, 1865-1898 |
281 |
| Winning the West: The Army in the Indian Wars, 1865-1890 |
300 |
| Emergence to World Power, 1898-1902 |
319 |
| Transition and Change, 1902-1917 |
343 |
| World War I: The First Three Years |
358 |
| World War I: The U.S. Army Overseas |
381 |
| Between World Wars |
405 |
| World War II: The Defensive Phase |
423 |
| Grand Strategy and the Washington High Command |
446 |
| World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy |
473 |
| World War II: The War Against Japan |
499 |
| Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945-1950 |
529 |
| The Korean War, 1950-1953 |
545 |
| The Army and the New Look |
572 |
| Global Pressures and the Flexible Response |
591 |
| The U.S. Army in Vietnam |
619 |
| Suggested Readings |
695 |
