Ch. 1. Diverse approaches to American military history -- ch. 2. The Colonial era: Native American versus European state warfare -- ch. 3. The American Revolution: who fought and why? -- ch. 4. The new nation, the military, and an American way of war -- ch. 5. The Army, professionalism, Jacksonain democracy, and manifest destiny -- ch. 6. Generals, soldiers, and the Civil War -- ch. 7. Indian Wars on the Great Plains -- ch. 8. Armed Forces and an expanding world power -- ch. 9. World War I: the challenge of modern war -- ch. 10. Innovation in the interwar years -- ch. 11. World War II: combat in Europe and the Pacific -- ch. 12. World War II: strategic bombing in Europe and Asia -- ch. 13. The Korean War and MacArthur's leadership -- ch. 14. The Vietnam War: political-military decisions and combat experiences -- ch. 15. The Persian Gulf War and peacekeeping in the post-Cold War world.