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<p>Want to know more about American military history? <i>U.S. Military History For Dummies</i> presents concise and revealing accounts of all of the nation's armed conflicts from the French and Indian War to Iraq. It explains how the U.S. military is organized and how its branches operate, both independently and together.</p> <p>This straightforward guide examines the causes for each of America's wars and reveals how these conflicts have shaped the nation's borders, society, politics, culture, and future. You'll meet heroes, cowards, patriots, and traitors; relive great battles; and get a taste of what combat is really like, as you discover:</p> <ul> <li>How the French/Indian war sowed the seeds of the Revolutionary War</li> <li>Why America's battle for independence didn't end at Yorktown</li> <li>Early U.S. wars against Indians, tax cheats, and pirates</li> <li>The War of 1812: guaranteeing U.S. sovereignty</li> <li>"Manifest Destiny" wars that stretched America from sea to shining sea</li> <li>Why the American Civil War could not be avoided</li> <li>The Spanish American War and the U.S. as an emerging global power</li> <li>Why World War I failed to "make the world safe for democr

Who reads U.S. Military History For Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))?

Author

John C. McManus

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470165027

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military, Military History