For the common defense : a military history of the United States of America / Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, �1994.Edition: Rev. and expandedDescription: xiv, 701 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780029215814
  • 0029215811
  • 9780029215975
  • 0029215978
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: For the common defense.LOC classification:
  • E181 .M6986 1994
Online resources:
Contents:
A dangerous New World, 1607-1689 -- The colonial wars, 1689-1763 -- The American Revolution, 1763-1783 -- Preserving the new republic's independence, 1783-1815 -- The armed forces and national expansion, 1815-1860 -- The Civil War, 1861-1862 -- The Civil War, 1863-1865 -- From postwar demobilization toward great power status, 1865-1898 -- The birth of an American empire, 1898-1902 -- Building the military forces of a world power, 1899-1917 -- The United States fights in "the war to end all wars", 1917-1918 -- Military policy between the two world wars, 1919-1939 -- The United States and World War II : from the edge of defeat to the edge of victory, 1939-1943 -- The United States and World War II : the road to victory, 1943-1945 -- Cold War and hot war : the United States enters the age of nuclear deterrence and collective security, 1945-1953 -- Waging Cold War : American defense policy for extended deterrence and containment, 1953-1965 -- In dubious battle : the war for Vietnam and the erosion of American military power, 1961-1975 -- The common defense and the end of the Cold War, 1976-1993 -- Epilogue: After the Cold War.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-669) and index.

A dangerous New World, 1607-1689 -- The colonial wars, 1689-1763 -- The American Revolution, 1763-1783 -- Preserving the new republic's independence, 1783-1815 -- The armed forces and national expansion, 1815-1860 -- The Civil War, 1861-1862 -- The Civil War, 1863-1865 -- From postwar demobilization toward great power status, 1865-1898 -- The birth of an American empire, 1898-1902 -- Building the military forces of a world power, 1899-1917 -- The United States fights in "the war to end all wars", 1917-1918 -- Military policy between the two world wars, 1919-1939 -- The United States and World War II : from the edge of defeat to the edge of victory, 1939-1943 -- The United States and World War II : the road to victory, 1943-1945 -- Cold War and hot war : the United States enters the age of nuclear deterrence and collective security, 1945-1953 -- Waging Cold War : American defense policy for extended deterrence and containment, 1953-1965 -- In dubious battle : the war for Vietnam and the erosion of American military power, 1961-1975 -- The common defense and the end of the Cold War, 1976-1993 -- Epilogue: After the Cold War.

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