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| Introduction | |
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| A Dangerous New World, 1607-1689 | |
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| The Colonial Wars, 1689-1763 | |
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| The American Revolution, 1763-1783 | |
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| Preserving the New Republic's Independence, 1783-1815 | |
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| The Armed Forces and National Expansion, 1815-1860 | |
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| The Civil War, 1861-1862 | |
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| The Civil War, 1863-1865 | |
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| From Postwar Demobilization Toward Great Power Status, 1865-1898 | |
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| The Birth of an American Empire, 1898-1902 | |
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| Building the Military Forces of a World Power, 1899-1917 | |
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| The United States Fights in the "War to End All Wars," 1917-1918 | |
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| Military Policy Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939 | |
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| The United States and World War II: From the Edge of Defeat to the Edge of Victory, 1939-1943 | |
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| The United States and World War II: The Road to Victory, 1943-1945 | |
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| Cold War and Hot War: The United States Enters the Age of Nuclear Deterrence and Collective Security, 1945-1953 | |
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| Waging Cold War: American Defense Policy for Extended Deterrence and Containment, 1953-1965 | |
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| In Dubious Battle: Vietnam, 1961-1967 | |
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| The Lost War: Vietnam, 1968-1975 | |
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| The Common Defense and the End of the Cold War, 1976-1993 | |
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| World Disorder New and Old, 1993-2001 | |
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| Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2011 | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Participation and Losses, Major Wars, 1775-2012 | |
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| The Armed Forces and National Expansion | |
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| The Armed Forces of the Cold War and After | |
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| U.S. Troops Stationed Abroad | |
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| American Military and Diplomatic Deaths, Terrorist and Military Actions, 1980-2000 | |
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| Index | |