American military history
Subtitle: a survey from colonial times to the present
By: William Thomas Allison, Jeffrey Grey, Janet G. Valentine.
Contributors: Grey, Jeffrey.; Valentine, Janet G.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780131838758
Subjects: United States -- History, Military.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first American way of war; title: The colonies and wars for empire; title: Independence and the birth of a national military; title: The young nation and its young military challenged; title: The second war of independence; title: Agents of empire; title: Toward a professional military; title: The Civil War; title: Becoming a modern military; title: "Over there"; title: The interwar years; title: Second Great War; title: Postwar reform and new military challenges; title: Challenges of the Cold War; title: Vietnam; title: Military challenges in a changing world; title: Into the twenty-first century.