Summary
Contents
Political History of America’s Wars is the first reference work to explore the legislative, social, and policy aspects of America’s major wars, rebellions, and insurrections. This volume weaves together important primary source documents, informative biographies, and in-depth essays to provide coverage of the political antecedents, events, and consequences of America’s wars, from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Front Matter
Chapters
- Chapter 1. The American Revolution (1771–1783)
- Chapter 2. Shays’s Rebellion (1786–1787) and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
- Chapter 3. Little Turtle’s War (1786–1795)
- Chapter 4. Franco-American Quasi-War (1798–1800)
- Chapter 5. Tripolitan War (1801–1805) and Algerine War (1815)
- Chapter 6. War of 1812 and the Creek War (1812–1815)
- Chapter 7. The Fredonian Rebellion (1826–1827) and the Aroostook War (1838–1839)
- Chapter 8. Seminole and Black Hawk Wars (1817–1858)
- Chapter 9. Texas War of Independence (1835–1836)
- Chapter 10. U.S.-Mexican War (1846–1848)
- Chapter 11. Introduction to the Indian Wars
- Chapter 12. Early Indian Wars in California (1850–1860)
- Chapter 13. Early Indian Wars in the Pacific Northwest (1855–1858)
- Chapter 14. Apache and Navajo War (1860–1868)
- Chapter 15. Civil War Prelude (1854–1861)
- Chapter 16. Minnesota Santee Sioux Uprising and its Consequences (1862–1864)
- Chapter 17. The Civil War (1861–1865)
- Chapter 18. Reconstruction (1865–1877)
- Chapter 19. Cheyenne-Arapaho War (1864–1865)
- Chapter 20. War for the Bozeman Trail and Hancock’s Campaign (1866–1868)
- Chapter 21. Snake War and Sheridan’s Campaign (1866–1869)
- Chapter 22. Modoc War (1872–1873)
- Chapter 23. Red River (Kiowa) War (1874)
- Chapter 24. Apache War (1876–1886)
- Chapter 25. Sioux War for the Black Hills (1876–1879)
- Chapter 26. Nez Perce, Bannock, Sheepeater, and Ute Wars (1877–1879)
- Chapter 27. Sioux War of 1890–1891
- Chapter 28. Philippine Insurrections (1896–1902)
- Chapter 29. Spanish-American War (1898)
- Chapter 30. Moro Wars (1901–1913)
- Chapter 31. The Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)
- Chapter 32. U.S. Interventions in Panama (1903) and Nicaragua (1909–1912)
- Chapter 33. Punitive Expedition Against Pancho Villa (1916–1917)
- Chapter 34. World War I (U.S. Participation, 1917–1918)
- Chapter 36. World War II (U.S. Participation, 1941–1945)
- Chapter 37. Korean War (1950–1953)
- Chapter 38. Vietnam War (1954–1975)
- Chapter 39. The United States as Peacemaker
- Chapter 40. U.S. Interventions in Lebanon (1958 and 1975–1992)
- Chapter 41. Civil Wars in Nicaragua and Honduras (1978–1990)
- Chapter 42. U.S. Invasions of Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989)
- Chapter 43. Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Chapter 44. War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995)
- Chapter 45. U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1988–1994)
- Chapter 46. U.S. Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis (1996–1999)
- Chapter 47. War in Afghanistan and the War on Terror (2001–)
- Chapter 48. Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–)
Back Matter