For the common defense
Subtitle: a military history of the United States of America from the Revolutionary War through today
By: by Allan R. Millett & Peter Maslowski
Contributors: Maslowski, Peter, 1944-
Edition: Rev. and updated
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781451623536
Subjects: Military History; Armed Forces; Military policy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Dangerous New World, 1607-1689; title: The Colonial Wars, 1689-1763; title: The American Revolution, 1763-1783; title: Preserving the New Republic's Independence, 1783-1815; title: The Armed Forces and National Expansion, 1815-1860; title: The Civil War, 1861-1862; title: The Civil War, 1863-1865; title: From Postwar Demobilization Toward Great Power Status, 1865-1898; title: The Birth of an American Empire, 1898-1902; title: Building the Military Forces of a World Power, 1899-1917; title: The United States Fights in the "War to End All Wars," 1917-1918; title: Military Policy between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939; title: The United States and World War II : From the Edge of Defeat to the Edge of Victory, 1939-1943; title: The United States and World War II : The Road to Victory, 1943-1945; title: Cold War and Hot War : The United States Enters the Age of Nuclear Deterrence and Collective Security, 1945-1953; title: Waging Cold War : American Defense Policy for Extended Deterrence and Containment, 1953-1965; title: In Dubious Battle : The War for Vietnam and the Erosion of American Military Power, 1961-1975; title: The Lost War : Vietnam, 1968-1975; title: The Common Defense and the End of the Cold War, 1976-1993; title: Epilogue: After the Cold War; title: Appendix A: Participation and Losses, Major Wars, 1775-1991; title: Appendix B: The Armed Forces and National Expansion; title: Appendix C: The Armed Forces of the Cold War.