The Genesis of the American Military Tradition -- The Opening Stages of Armed Conflict, 1622-1689 -- The Anglo-French Struggle Begins: King William's War, 1689-1697 -- The Struggle Resumes: Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713 -- "Cold War" Eighteenth-Century Style, 1713-1738 -- The War of the 1740s -- Problems of a Military Era -- Dangerous Interlude, 1748-1754 -- The Climactic Struggle for Empire: First Phase, 1755-1757 -- The Climactic Struggle for Empire: Second Phase, 1758-1760 -- The Transition to Peace and Revolution -- Glossary of Military and Naval Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.