For the Common Defense
A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012
3rd Edition
Published on 25. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
736 pages
978-1-4516-2353-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Completely revised and expanded."--Cover.
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Edition
3rd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Maps; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4516-2353-6 (9781451623536)
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Allan R. Millett | Peter Maslowski
For the Common Defense
a Military History of the United States of America
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Persons
Allan R. Millett is Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans.
Peter Maslowski is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Peter Maslowski is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A Dangerous New World, 1607-1689
2. The Colonial Wars, 1689-1763
3. The American Revolution, 1763-1783
4. Preserving the New Republic's Independence, 1783-1815
5. The Armed Forces and National Expansion, 1815-1860
6. The Civil War, 1861-1862
7. The Civil War, 1863-1865
8. From Postwar Demobilization Toward Great Power Status, 1865-1898
9. The Birth of an American Empire, 1898-1902
10. Building the Military Forces of a World Power, 1899-1917
11. The United States Fights in the "War to End All Wars," 1917-1918
12. Military Policy Between the Two World, Wars, 1919-1939
13. The United States and World War II: From the Edge of Defeat to the Edge of Victory, 1939-1943
14. The United States and World War II: The Road to Victory, 1943-1945
15. Cold War and Hot War: The United States Enters the Age of Nuclear Deterrence and Collective Security, 1945-1953
16. Waging Cold War: American Defense Policy for Extended Deterrence and Containment, 1953-1965
17. In Dubious Battle: The War for Vietnam and the Erosion of American Military Power, 1961-1975
18. The Common Defense and the End of the Cold War, 1976-1993
Epilogue
After the Cold War
Appendixes
A. Participation and Losses, Major Wars, 1775-1991
B. The Armed Forces and National Expansion
C. The Armed Forces of the Cold War
General Bibliography
Index