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