Music and war in the United States introduces students to the long and varied history of music's role in war. -- back cover.

The Revolutionary War : the Continental Army /Raoul F. Camus -- The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 / David K. Hildebrand -- The Mexican-American War / Elizabeth Morgan -- The Civil War : music in the armies / Christian McWhirter -- The Civil War : popular music / Bruce Kelley -- The Spanish-American War / Sarah Mahler Kraaz -- World War I : over here, over there / Jeffrey Wood -- World War I : the Harlem Hell Fighters / Michael D. Dinwiddie -- World War II : music as propaganda / Annegret Fauser -- World War II : swinging and singing / Gina Bombola -- Korea I : from world war to cold war / Ivan Tribe -- Vietnam : popular music in the field / Douglas Bradley -- Vietnam : music of patriotism and protest / James Deaville -- The war on terror : beyond 9/11 / Kip Pegley -- The war in Iraq / Jonathan Pieslak -- The Civil War memorialized / Thomas J. Kernan -- American composers respond : the Holocaust / Ben Arnold -- Music therapy with service members and veterans / William B. Davis and Barbara Else.