The 1975 volume spans across several disciplines of military history beginning 1607 to 1973. The supplements continues and lead up to the time of the Persian Gulf War, 1998. The guides links military history with developments in technology, foreign affairs and international relations.

A guide to the sources of United States military history. 1975 -- A guide to the sources of United States military history: Supplement I. 1981 -- A guide to the sources of United States military history: Supplement II. 1986 -- A guide to the sources of United States military history: Supplement III. 1993 -- A guide to the sources of United States military history: Supplement IV. 1998.

Content note is to the 1975 original volume table of contents. Introduction /|r Robin Higham --|t European background of American military affairs /|r Russell F. Weigley --|t Colonial forces,1607-1776 /|r Douglas Edward Leach --|t The American Revolution /|r Hugh F. Rankin --|t From the revolution to the Mexican War /|r Roger L. Nichols --|t The Navy in the nineteenth century, 1789-1889 /|r Kenneth J. Hagan --|t Science and technology in the nineteenth century /|r Edward C. Ezell --|t The Mexican War and the Civil War /|r Grady McWhiney --|t Civil-Military relations, operations and the Army, 1865-1917 /|r Richard N. Ellis --|t Science and technology in the twentieth century /|r Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. --|t World War I and the Peacetime Army, 1917-1941 /|r Daniel Beaver --|t Military and Naval medicine /|r James O. Breeden --|t The Navy in the early twentieth century, 1890-1941 /|r William R. Braisted --|t The United States Army in World War II /|r Robert W. Coakley --|t The U.S. Army Air Corps and the United States Air Force, 1909-1973 /|r Robert Frank Furtell --|t The Department of Defense, defense policy and diplomacy, 1945-1973 /|r Calvin L. Christman --|t The Army, 1945-1973/|r B. Franklin Cooling III --|t The Navy, 1941-1973 /|r Dean C. Allard --|t Museums as historical resources /|r Philip K. Lundeberg.