America At War - Concise Histories Of U.S. Military Conflicts From Lexington To Afghanistan - Plot & Excerpts
There is diplomatic history, literary history, political history, economic history, and so on. There is also military history, a subset that, in fact, receives considerable attention in the publishing world. While scholars of the military arts produce solid works, popular histories tend to focus on specific battles (such as Gettysburg) or certain campaigns (such as the one in Normandy in 1944) or individual wars (such as the War of 1812). What seems to be missing are books that cover in one volume the major wars the United States has fought. Hence, this book. By providing brief narrative accounts of these conflicts, this book’s goal is to enable the reader to understand what happened in each war and why the battles at such places as Saratoga, Antietam, Manila Bay, and Midway were pivotal events in the history of the United States. These battles, as well as others, affected the outcome of conflicts which, in turn, shaped the political and economic landscape America confronted once the shooting ceased.
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