Major problems in American military history : documents and essays / ed.by John W. Chambers, G. Kurt Piehler.

Ch.1. Diverse approaches to American military history -- chapter2. The Colonial era: Native American versus European state warfare -- chapter3. The American Revolution: who fought and why? -- chapter4. The new nation, the military, and an American way of war -- chapter5. The Army, professionalism, Jacksonain democracy, and manifest destiny -- chapter6. Generals, soldiers, and the Civil War -- chapter7. Indian Wars on the Great Plains -- chapter8. Armed Forces and an expanding world power -- chapter9. World War I: the challenge of modern war -- chapter10. Innovation in the interwar years -- chapter11. World War II: combat in Europe and the Pacific -- chapter12. World War II: strategic bombing in Europe and Asia -- chapter13. The Korean War and MacArthur's leadership -- chapter14. The Vietnam War: political-military decisions and combat experiences -- chapter15. The Persian Gulf War and peacekeeping in the post-Cold War world.