"Main text for the US Military History Course. This text will provide a comprehensive yet clear, concise, and very accessible survey of American military history from colonial times to the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: an American way of war -- Surviving in a wilderness, 1585-1676 -- Competing for a continent, 1565-1763 -- 'Tis time to part, 1763-1776 -- Maintaining independence, 1777-1782 -- Securing the republic, 1782-1812 -- Empire of expansion, 1810-1849 -- Disunion, 1849-1861 -- Hard war, 1862-1865 -- Reconstruction and conquest, 1865-1890 -- Empire and intervention, 1890-1917 -- The Great War and beyond, 1917-1940 -- Saving the world from evil, 1939-1945 -- War without mercy: fighting in the Pacific, 1942-1945 -- Different kind of war: the early Cold War and the Forgotten War, 1945-1951 -- From the top of the world to a quagmire, 1953-1975 -- The endless wars: the Cold War and beyond, 1975-present