ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES

 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY

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  CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
WASHINGTON, DC 1989


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Contents

Chapter  Page
FRONT MATTER

v

1 Introduction

1

2 The Beginnings

18

3 The American Revolution: First
Phase

41

4 The Winning of Independence,
1777-1783

70

5 The Formative Years, 1783-1812

101

6 The War of 1812

122

7 The Thirty Years’ Peace

148

8 The Mexican War and After

163

9 The Civil War, 1861

184

10 The Civil War, 1862

209

11 The Civil War, 1863

236

12 The Civil War, 1864-1865

262

13 Darkness and Light: The Interwar
Years, 1865-1898

281

14 Winning the West: The Army in
the Indian Wars, 1865-1890

300

15 Emergence to World Power, 1898-
1902

319

16 Transition and Change, 1902-1917

343

17 World War I: The First Three Years

358

18 World War I: The U.S. Army Overseas

381

19 Between World Wars

405

20 World War II: The Defensive Phase

423

21 Grand Strategy and the Washington
High Command

446

22 World War II: The War Against
Germany and Italy

473

23 World War II: The War Against Japan

499

24 Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945-1950

529

25 The Korean War, 1950-1953

545

26 The Army and the New Look

572

27 Global Pressures and the Flexible
Response

591

28 The U.S. Army in Vietnam

619

SUGGESTED READINGS

695


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