Ch.1. Diverse approaches to American military history -- ch.2. The Colonial era: Native American versus European state warfare -- ch.3. The American Revolution: who fought and why? -- ch.4. The new nation, the military, and an American way of war -- ch.5. The Army, professionalism, Jacksonain democracy, and manifest destiny -- ch.6. Generals, soldiers, and the Civil War -- ch.7. Indian Wars on the Great Plains -- ch.8. Armed Forces and an expanding world power -- ch.9. World War I: the challenge of modern war -- ch.10. Innovation in the interwar years -- ch.11. World War II: combat in Europe and the Pacific -- ch.12. World War II: strategic bombing in Europe and Asia -- ch.13. The Korean War and MacArthur's leadership -- ch.14. The Vietnam War: political-military decisions and combat experiences -- ch.15. The Persian Gulf War and peacekeeping in the post-Cold War world
