Includes index. Included in the U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List, 2004.

America's first battle: Long Island, 27 August 1776 /Ira D. Gruber -- The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812 / Theodore J. Crackel -- The battles on the Rio Grande: Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, 8-9 May 1846 / K. Jack Bauer -- First Bull Run, 19 July 1861 / W. Glenn Robertson -- San Juan Hill and El Caney, 1-2 July 1898 / Graham A. Cosmas -- Cantigny, 28-31 May 1918 / Allan R. Millett -- Buna, 19 November 1942-2 January 1943: a "Leavenworth nightmare" / Jay Luvaas -- Kasserine Pass, 30 January-22 February 1943 / Martin Blumenson -- Task Force Smith and the 24th Division: delay and withdrawal, 5-19 July 1950 / Roy K. Flint -- The 1st Cavalry and the Ia Drang Valley, 18 october-24 November 1965 / George C. Herring -- First battles in retrospect / John Shy.