The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Subtitle: a history
By: Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers -- History; Military engineers -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Table of contents; title: Introduction; title: 1.1 Foreword; title: 1.2 Acknowledgements; title: 1.3 Historical time line; title: The making of the Corps; title: 2.1 the Revolutionary War; title: 2.2 Artillerists and engineers; title: 2.3 Engineers in the War of 1812; title: 2.4 The Corps and the Military Academy at West Point, 1802-1866; title: 2.5 The topographical engineers; title: Contributing to national development; title: 3.1 the National Road; title: 3.2 Lighthouses; title: 3.3 Origins of civil works missions; title: 3.4 Waterway development; title: 3.5 Flood control; title: 3.6 Hydropower development; title: 3.7 The environmental challenge; title: 3.8 Work in the District of Columbia; title: Strategic role in war and peace; title: 4.1 Coast defense; title: 4.2 combat operations, 1846-1916; title: 4.3 the Panama Canal; title: 4.4 U.S. Army engineers in World War I; title: 4.5 Combat engineers in World War II; title: 4.6 the Manhattan Project; title: 4.7 Engineer combat in Korea; title: 4.8 U.S. Army engineers in the Vietnam Conflict; title: 4.9 The Corps and the space program; title: 4.10 Combat and reconstruction: from the Gulf War to the Global War on Terrorism; title: A vital part of the Army; title: 5.1 Military construction; title: 5.2 Work for other nations; title: 5.3 Changing military responsibilities and relationships; title: 5.4 Civil works, Congress, and the executive branch; title: 5.5 Emergency operations; title: Appendices; title: 6.1 Insignia of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; title: 6.2 Profiles of the chiefs of engineers; title: 6.4 Selected bibliography.