ISBN:
0585201560
,
9780585201566
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 201 p
,
24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2000 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Americans at war
Keywords:
Krieg
;
United States History, Military.
;
United States History, Military
;
United States
;
United States History, Military
;
United States History, Military.
;
USA
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books Military history
;
USA
;
Krieg
;
Geschichte 1861-1997
;
USA
;
Krieg
;
Geschichte 1861-1997
Abstract:
Struggle for Vicksburg : the battles and siege that decided the Civil War -- Custer's Civil War -- "Just dumb luck" : American entry into World War II -- SIGINT : Deception and the liberation of western Europe -- D-Day revisited -- Victory in Europe : May 1945 -- The atomic bomb and its consequences -- General MacArthur : a profile -- A fateful friendship : Eisenhower and Patton -- The war on the homefront -- My Lai : atrocities in historical perspective -- The Christmas bombing -- Eisenhower and NATO -- The cold war in perspective -- War in the twenty-first century
Abstract:
Examines the history of American warfare from the Civil War through Vietnam and the Cold War, looking at the experiences of both leaders and the led and how American democracy defines itself through these conflicts
Description / Table of Contents:
Struggle for Vicksburg : the battles and siege that decided the Civil WarCuster's Civil War -- "Just dumb luck" : American entry into World War II -- SIGINT : Deception and the liberation of western Europe -- D-Day revisited -- Victory in Europe : May 1945 -- The atomic bomb and its consequences -- General MacArthur : a profile -- A fateful friendship : Eisenhower and Patton -- The war on the homefront -- My Lai : atrocities in historical perspective -- The Christmas bombing -- Eisenhower and NATO -- The cold war in perspective -- War in the twenty-first century.
Note:
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2000
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