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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703105403321

Autore

Axelrod Alan <1952->

Titolo

America's wars / / Alan Axelrod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Office of Public Affairs

New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-280-34010-X

9786610340101

0-471-20687-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Collana

Wiley Desk Reference

Disciplina

355/.00973

Soggetti

Veterans - United States

Military pensions - United States

Military dependents - United States

War casualties - United States

Soldiers - United States - History

Statistics.

United States History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

AMERICA'S WARS; Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Colonial and Native American Wars before 1754; CHAPTER 2 The French and Indian War; CHAPTER 3 The American Revolution; CHAPTER 4 Conflicts of the Early Republic and the War of 1812; CHAPTER 5 Wars of the Indian Removal; CHAPTER 6 United States–Mexican War and Associated Conflicts; CHAPTER 7 Early Indian Wars in the West; CHAPTER 8 Civil War; CHAPTER 9 Later Indian Wars in the West; CHAPTER 10 Spanish-American War and Other Imperialist Conflicts; CHAPTER 11 World War I, 1914–1918; CHAPTER 12 World War II, 1939–1945

CHAPTER 13 Korean War, 1950–1953CHAPTER 14 Vietnam War, 1954–1975; CHAPTER 15 Cold War Conflicts since 1958; EPILOGUE "The First War of the Twenty-First Century"; Sources; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A complete guide to every war America has ever been involved in  From



early colonial skirmishes to the deployment of US troops in Kosovo in 2000, Americas Wars provides detailed coverage of each of Americas wars, including all of the hard facts and figures of the battles.