| Preface | p. ix |
| Time Line | p. xi |
| America's Wars | |
| The Colonial Period | p. 3 |
| The War of the Revolution | p. 37 |
| The Early National Period | p. 85 |
| The War of 1812 and Postwar Expansion | p. 115 |
| The War with Mexico | p. 157 |
| Expansion and the Plains Indian Wars | p. 185 |
| The Civil War | p. 219 |
| Reconstruction and American Imperialism | p. 267 |
| The Spanish-American War and Its Aftermath | p. 301 |
| The Mexican Border Campaign | p. 337 |
| World War I | p. 359 |
| World War II | p. 399 |
| The Cold War | p. 443 |
| The Korean War | p. 475 |
| The Vietnam War | p. 501 |
| Gulf War of 1991 | p. 539 |
| Gunboat Diplomacy: 1776-1992 | p. 543 |
| The Armed Forces | |
| Introduction | p. 583 |
| The Army | p. 589 |
| The Navy | p. 613 |
| The Marine Corps | p. 629 |
| The Coast Guard | p. 647 |
| The Air Force | p. 663 |
| America's Military Leaders | |
| Introduction: Great American Military Leadership | p. 681 |
| Bradley, Omar Nelson | p. 699 |
| Crazy Horse | p. 699 |
| Crockett, David | p. 700 |
| Crook, George | p. 701 |
| Custer, George Armstrong | p. 702 |
| Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. | p. 703 |
| Decatur, Stephen | p. 704 |
| Dewey, George | p. 704 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight David | p. 704 |
| Farragut, David Glasgow | p. 707 |
| Grant, Ulysses Simpson | p. 708 |
| Greene, Nathaniel | p. 709 |
| Houston, Samuel | p. 710 |
| Jackson, Andrew | p. 711 |
| Jackson, Thomas J. ("Stonewall") | p. 713 |
| Jones, John Paul | p. 716 |
| Kearney, Stephen Watts | p. 717 |
| Knox, Henry | p. 718 |
| Lee, Robert Edward | p. 719 |
| MacArthur, Douglas | p. 720 |
| Marshall, George Catlett | p. 722 |
| McClellan, George Brinton | p. 723 |
| Miles, Nelson Appleton | p. 724 |
| Mitchell, William | p. 725 |
| Patton, George Smith | p. 726 |
| Perry, Matthew Calbraith | p. 727 |
| Perry, Oliver Hazard | p. 727 |
| Pershing, John Joseph | p. 728 |
| Powell, Colin Luther | p. 728 |
| Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon | p. 730 |
| Schwarzkopf, Norman | p. 730 |
| Scott, Winfield | p. 732 |
| Sheridan, Philip H. | p. 733 |
| Sherman, William Tecumseh | p. 734 |
| Sitting Bull | p. 735 |
| Smith, John | p. 737 |
| Taylor, Zachary | p. 738 |
| Washington, George | p. 739 |
| Westmoreland, William | p. 740 |
| Appendices | |
| Medal of Honor Recipients | p. 745 |
| The Civil War, 1861-1865 | p. 745 |
| The Indian Campaigns, 1861-1898 | p. 757 |
| The Wars of American Expansion, 1871-1933 | p. 761 |
| The Medal in Peacetime, 1865-1940 | p. 764 |
| World War I, 1914-1918 | p. 766 |
| World War II, 1939-1945 | p. 768 |
| The Korean War, 1950-1953 | p. 772 |
| The Vietnam War, 1964-1973 | p. 773 |
| Somalia | p. 776 |
| Wartime Speeches and Documents | p. 777 |
| King George III's Proclamation for Suppression of Rebellion, 1775 | p. 777 |
| Declaration of Independence, 1776 | p. 777 |
| Black Hawk's Account of the Black Hawk War, 1832 | p. 779 |
| Resolution to Admit Texas as a State, 1845 | p. 781 |
| President James Polk's Message to Congress concerning War with Mexico, 1846 | p. 781 |
| Jefferson Davis's Message to the Confederate Congress, 1861 | p. 782 |
| President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863 | p. 783 |
| The Emancipation Proclamation, 1864 | p. 784 |
| President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1864 | p. 784 |
| Nez Perce Chief Joseph's Speech Upon Surrender to the U.S. Army, 1877 | p. 785 |
| President William McKinley's Message to Congress concerning War with Spain, 1898 | p. 785 |
| President Woodrow Wilson's Appeal for American Neutrality, 1914 | p. 787 |
| President Woodrow Wilson's War Message to Congress, 1917 | p. 787 |
| President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, 1918 | p. 788 |
| Neutrality Act of 1937 | p. 789 |
| President Franklin D. Roosevelt's message to Congress concerning WWII, 1941 | p. 791 |
| Cairo Conference Report, 1943 | p. 791 |
| Agreements at Yalta, 1945 (excerpts) | p. 792 |
| The United Nations Charter, 1945 (excerpts) | p. 794 |
| Truman Doctrine, 1947 | p. 799 |
| The North Atlantic Treaty, 1949 | p. 799 |
| President Harry S. Truman's Statements on the War in Korea, 1950 | p. 800 |
| General Douglas MacArthur's Speech before Congress, 1951 (excerpts) | p. 801 |
| President John F. Kennedy's Proclamation on the Missile Crisis in Cuba, 1962 | p. 802 |
| President Lyndon B. Johnson's Statement on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1964 | p. 803 |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 | p. 803 |
| President Richard Nixon's Announcement of the Agreement to End the Vietnam War, 1973 | p. 804 |
| Peace Treaties | p. 807 |
| The Paris Peace Treaty, 1783 | p. 807 |
| Treaty with the Six Nations, 1784 | p. 808 |
| Treaty of Greenville, 1795 | p. 809 |
| Treaty of Ghent, 1814 (excerpts) | p. 811 |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848 (excerpts) | p. 813 |
| Treaty with the Apache, 1852 | p. 816 |
| Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868 | p. 817 |
| Treaty of Peace between Spain and the United States, 1898 | p. 819 |
| Treaty of Versailles, 1919 (excerpts) | p. 821 |
| Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1951 | p. 822 |
| The Vietnam Peace Agreement (Paris Peace Accords), 1973 (excerpts) | p. 824 |
| Index | p. 827 |
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