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The complete DVD history of U.S. wars

-- History of U.S. wars

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A comprehensive history of U.S. wars from 1700 to 2004.

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The complete DVD history of U.S. wars -- History of U.S. wars

Authors

Kennedy, George, 1926-
Keasley, Alphonse
Meyer, Ronald C
Gordon, Scott L
Reeder, Mark
Centre Communications
Ambrose Video Publishing

Subjects

United States--History, Military.
Videodisc collection, General--United States--History, Military.

Language

English

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Publication Desc

4 videodiscs (ca. 216 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ;

Target Audience

Adult

Dimensions

4 3/4 in.

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A comprehensive history of U.S. wars from 1700 to 2004.

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Documentary.
Title from container.
"As seen on: Public Television"--Set container.
DVD extras: downloadable historical overview, maps and timelines.

Content Note

V. 1. 1700-1790. Pt. 1. Wars for the continent. Pt. 2. The Revolutionary War -- V. 2. 1790-1870. Pt. 3. Manifest destiny wars. Pt. 4. The Civil War -- V. 3. 1870-1950. Pt. 5. The imperial wars. Pt. 6. The global wars -- V. 4. 1950-2004. Pt. 7. The Cold War. Pt. 8. The police wars.
Pt. 1. 1702-1713, Queen Anne's War ; 1739, War of Jenkins Ear begins ; 1754-1763, French and Indian War ; 1763, Pontiac's War ; 1770, Boston Massacre -- Pt. 2. 1775,  The Battle of Lexington and Concord, George Washington takes command of the Continental Army ; 1776, Washington crosses the Delaware ; 1777, Second Battle of Saratoga, John Paul Jones sets sail, The winter at Valley Forge ; 1778, George Rogers Clark captures Kasaskia, 1781, Siege of Yorktown.
Pt. 3. 1797, U.S.S. Constitution is launched ; 1811, Battle of Tippecanoe ; 1814, Washington, D.C. is captured and burned by the British, The Star Spangled Banner is written ; 1815, Battle of New Orleans ; 1832, Massacre at Bad Axe River ends Black Hawk War ; 1836, Alamo falls -- Pt. 4. 1846, United States declares war on Mexico ; 1861, Eleven states comprise the Confederacy ; 1862, Emancipation Proclamation ; 1863, Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address, The fall of Vicksburg ; 1865, Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
Pt. 5. 1750, Native American horse cultures dominate the Great Plains ; 1876, Battle at the Little Big Horn ; 1890, Battle at Wounded Knee ; 1898, Sinking of the Maine ; 1914-1917, America prepares for World War I ; 1917, America enters World War I -- Pt. 6. 1941, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor ; 1844, D-Day "Operation Overlord" ; 1945, America drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima ; 1950, President Truman sends American troups to the aid of South Korea ; 1950-1953, The Korean War.
Pt. 7. 1952, The Marshall Plan wins the battle for Western Europe ; 1954, John Foster Dulles becomes Eisenhower's Cold War warrior ; 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis ; 1964, Vietnam War: Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ; 1968, Vietnam War: the Tet Offensive -- Pt. 8. 1973, Vietnam War: cease-fire ends war ; 1983, The Grenada conflict ; 1990, The Gulf War ; 1991, End of the Cold War ; 2003, Gulf War II.