In this first scholarly collection to focus on Texas' military heritage, prominent authors reevaluate famous personalities, reassess noted battles and units, call for new historical points to be considered, and bring fresh perspectives to such matters as the interplay of fiction, film, and historical understanding.

The Alamo as icon / by Paul Andrew Hutton. -- Race, revolution and the Texas Republic ... / by James E. Crisp. -- "In this way we did the country some service": Ben McCulloch and the war with Mexico, 1846-1847 / by Thomas W. Cutrer. -- Texas in the southern war for independence / by Ralph A. Wooster. -- Black regulars on the Texas frontier, 1866-85 / by William H. Leckie. -- Women and the Texas military experience ... by Sandra L. Myres. -- "The American Congo": Captain John G. Bourke and the Texas military experience / by Joseph C. Porter. -- The 36th Infantry Division in World War II / by Martin Blumenson. -- Man against fire: Audie Murphy ... / by Roger J. Spiller. -- The Texas military experience in films / by Don Graham. -- The Texas military experience in literature / by Tom Pilkington. -- The Texas military experience / by Roger Beaumont.