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American Military History A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package

by: Allison, William T.; Grey, Jeffrey G.; Valentine, Janet G.

American Military History A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package

by: Allison, William T.; Grey, Jeffrey G.; Valentine, Janet G.

ISBN 13:
9780205912131
ISBN 10:
0205912133
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback w/ Access Card
Copyright: 07/15/2012
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

Serves as a foundation for undergraduate courses in American military history. American Military History is uniquely tailored to American military history courses. Organized chronologically, the text begins at the point of European conflict with Native Americans and concludes with military affairs in the early 21stcentury. The content and style will appeal to history majors and non-majors and is designed to allow instructors flexibility in the structure of their course. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Understand the central themes and events in the American military history Relate these themes to American history as a whole\ Know the issues beyond war that have contributed to the American military experience

Author Biography

William Thomas Allison is Professor of History Georgia Southern University. He earned his Ph.D. in history at Bowling Green State University in 1995, and has taught as Visiting Professor at the Air War College and the School for Advanced Air and Space Studies. He is author of Military Justice in Vietnam: The Rule of Law in an American War (Kansas, 2007), The Tet Offensive (Routledge, 2008), My Lai: An American Tragedy (Johns Hopkins, 2012), and The Gulf War, 1991 (Palgrave, 2012), among other works. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Military History and as a member of the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee.

Jeffrey G. Grey is Professor of History in the School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of New South Wales in 1986, and has held several professorships, including the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory at the United States Marine Corps University. His numerous publications include The Commonwealth Armies and the Korean War: An Alliance Study (Manchester, 1988), A Military History of Australia (Cambridge, 1990), Australian Brass: The Career of Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson (Cambridge University Press, 1992), 'Up Top': The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1955-1972 (Allen & Unwin, 1998), The Australian Army: Volume I: The Australian Centenary History of Defence (Oxford, 2006), as well as several authored and co-authored volumes on Australian military history for the Australian Army History Unit and Australian Military History Publishing. He has served as a trustee for the Society for Military History and on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Australian War Memorial, Journal of Military History, Scientia Militaria, War in History, and Australian Army Journal, and is editor for the journal War and Society.

Janet G. Valentine is Assistant Professor in the Department of Military History at the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Alabama in 2002 and has worked as a historian for the United States Army Center of Military History, the Air National Guard History Office, and the Joint History Office. She has served on the advisory board for H-WAR and the editorial board of the Journal of Military History. She taught at the University of North Florida and Mississippi State University. Her current research focuses on the Korean War, and citizenship and military obligation.

Found in this section:

1. Brief Table of Contents

2. Full Table of Contents

1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The First American Way of War

Chapter 2 The Colonies and Wars for Empire

Chapter 3 Independence and the Birth of a National Military

Chapter 4 The Young Nation and Its Young Military Challenged

Chapter 5 The Second War of Independence

Chapter 6 Agents of Empire

Chapter 7 Toward a Professional Military

Chapter 8 Civil War & Reconstruction

Chapter 9 Becoming a Modern Military

Chapter 10 “Over There”

Chapter 11 The Interwar Years

Chapter 12 A Second Great War

Chapter 13 Postwar Reform and New Military Challenges

Chapter 14 Challenges of the Cold War

Chapter 15 Vietnam

Chapter 16 Military Challenges in a Changing World

Chapter 17 Into the Twenty-First Century

2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The First American Way of War

Introduction

The American Colonies and the British Military Tradition

Colonial Militia and Military Organization

A Clash of Cultures

Virginia and the Powhatan

Document: John Smith’s Proposal to Subjugate the Powhatan

New England’s Pequot War

King Philip’s War

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 2: The Colonies and Wars for Empire

Introduction

The Colonies: Strategic Contours

King William’s War

Queen Anne’s War

King George’s War

The Great War for Empire (1756–1763)

Document: George Washington Describes Braddock’s Defeat to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 3: Independence and the Birth of a National Military

Introduction

Toward A Break with Great Britain

The War for Independence

The Northern Phase (1775–1777)

The Southern Phase (1778–1781)

The Naval War

The Final Campaign

The End of the Continental Army

Document: Washington Returns His Commission to Congress

A New Constitution

The Constitution and Military

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 4: The Young Nation and Its Young Military Challenged

Introduction

Building an Army

Fighting Indians and Insurrection

An Academy at West Point

Building a Navy

The Quasi War

Jefferson’s Gunboats

The Tripolitan War

Document: Congressional Resolution Praising Commodore Preble

The Chesapeake–Leopard Affair

The Hunger for Expansion

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 5: The Second War of Independence

Introduction

A Declaration of War

First Moves—Western Canada

Document: “We have met the enemy and they are ours”—The Battle of Lake Erie

The Niagara Campaign

The Campaign of 1814

The War Ends

The Beginnings of a Professional Military

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 6: Agents of Empire

Introduction

The Military and a Changing Nation

The Army and the West

The Naval Expeditions

Document: Perry Describes Burial of a Marine in Japan

Frontier Constabulary and Indian Affairs

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 7: Toward a Professional Military

Introduction

Napoleon and a Revolution in Warfare

War with Mexico

Document: Congressman Abraham Lincoln Supports General Taylor for President in 1848

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 8: Civil War & Reconstruction

Introduction

Yanks and Rebs

Strategic and Technological Contours

Civil War Armies

The Eastern Theater (1861–1863)

Document: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s After-Action Report from Little Round Top

The Western Theater (1861–1863)

The Naval War

Grant Takes Command

Reconstruction

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 9: Becoming a Modern Military

Introduction

Indian Wars

The National Guard

Renewed push toward Professionalism

Building a Modern Navy

War with Spain

Document: Theodore Roosevelt Reports from Santiago de Cuba

Insurrections and Rebellions

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 10: “Over There”

Introduction

Proving Ground: The Punitive Expedition

“Over There”

Document: Captain Harry Truman Writes Home to Bess, 1918

The Navy in the Great War

The American Air War

Impact of American Involvement in the Great War

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 11: The Interwar Years

Introduction

Postwar Duties

The Army of the United States

Doctrine For Airpower

Document: Colonel Billy Mitchell’s Statement to the Press, September 1925

First Line of Defense: The Fleet

The Marine Corps and the Development of Amphibious Warfare

War Planning

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 12: A Second Great War

Introduction

Preparing for War

The War in the Pacific

Mediterranean Theater and the Rise of American Leadership

Northwest Europe (1944–1945)

Document: Eisenhower’s Personal Memorandum of June 3, 1944

Women and Minorities in the War Effort

The Bomb

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 13: Postwar Reform and New Military Challenges

Introduction

Defense Reorganization and Creation of an Independent Air Force

Revolt of the Admirals

Integration of the Armed Forces

Document: Executive Order 9981

Containment and the Military

The Korean War

Phase I: The United Nations Defensive (June 27–September 15, 1950)

Phase II: The United Nations Offensive (September 15–November 2, 1950)

Phase III: The Communist Chinese Forces (CCF) Intervention (November 3–January 24, 1951)

Phase iv: First United Nations Counteroffensive (January 25–April 21, 1951) and Chinese Spring Offensive (April 22–July 8, 1951)

Phase v: Fighting while Negotiating (July 9, 1951–July 27, 1953)

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 14: Challenges of the Cold War

Introduction

Strategic Contours

NATO and Preparing for War in Europe

Eisenhower’s New Look

The Rise of Civilian Strategists

SIOPs

Regional Challenges

Quemoy and Matsu

The Middle East

U-2 Shoot Down

Document: Eisenhower Responds to U-2 Shoot Down

Kennedy and the Cold War

Building a Flexible Response

The Berlin Crisis

Missiles in Cuba

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 15: Vietnam

Introduction

Early American Involvement

The Advisors’ War

Americanizing the War

The Air Campaign

Naval Operations

Tet

Document: A Medal of Honor at Hue

Vietnamization

Anti-War Activism

Peace with Honor

The American Experience in Vietnam

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 16: Military Challenges in a Changing World

Introduction

Toward a New Military

Reforming Training, Rethinking Doctrine

Cold War and the Military

DESERT ONE, Lebanon, Grenada, and Defense Reorganization

“No More Vietnams”

Document: American Objectives in the Gulf War

Peacekeeping and Nation Building

Conclusion

Further Reading

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Chapter 17: Into the Twenty-First Century

Introduction

A New War

Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Challenges for the Future

Conclusion

Further Reading

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