Danube River, 133
Dardanelles, 137
Davis, Benjamin O., 194
Davis, Jefferson, 51, 52, 70–71, 77–78, 87, 89, 91
D-Day, 320. See also Normandy, France
Dearborn, Henry, 31, 38
Decatur, Stephen, 32, 33, 91
DeKalb, Johann, 14
Delaware, 7, 71, 339
Demilitarized Zones (DMZ), 253, 259, 262, 265, 274, 279, 280
Democrats, 48, 63, 80, 90, 91, 258–259
Denmark, 182, 211, 296
Desert Shield, 292
Desert Storm, 296, 301, 303
Des Moines, IA, 147
d’Esperey, Franchet, 164
Detroit, MI, 30, 31
Devastators, 217
Devers, Jacob, 208, 211
Dewey, George, 104, 106, 114
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 291, 305
Diego Garcia, 322
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 259–260, 261, 262
Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, 259, 274, 279
Diyala, Iraq, 329, 332, 333
Dobbins, Daniel, 35
Doctors Without Borders, 347
Doniphan, Alexander, 54
Dönitz, Karl, 195, 196–197
Doolittle, Jimmy, 214, 216
Doorman, Karel, 215
Dora Farms, Baghdad, 321
Dorchester Heights, Boston, 6
“doughboys,” 143
Dover Air Force Base, DE, 339
draft, 85, 179, 185
“duel of the ironclads,” 75
Dunkirk, Korea, 241
Dupont, Samuel F., 76
Dutch East Indies, 181, 212, 215, 231
Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, 218
Eaker, Ira, 199
Early, Jubal A., 95
East Anglia, 199
Eastertide Offensive, 279–280
East Prussia, 131
East River, Long Island, 6, 7, 8
East Timor, 215
Egypt, 29, 133, 189, 201, 290, 295, 304, 305, 306
Eider, Kai, 349
1812, xv, 25–43, 26, 27, 356
82nd Airborne Division, 191, 206, 291, 292, 324
Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Ike,” 292
Korea (1950-1953), 246
Vietnam (1965-1975), 260
World War I (1914-1918), 151
World War II (1939-1945), 181, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 199, 200–201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207–208, 210, 211
Eisenhower, John S. D., 50, 63
El Alamein, Egypt, 189
Elbe River, 211
El Caney, Cuba, 108, 110
Elizabeth River, 73
El Pedregal, 56, 57
Emancipation Proclamation (1862), 80, 98
England, 198, 202, 206, 208, 326
English Channel, 149
Enigma machine, 197
Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 223
Enola Gay (B-29), 230
Essex class carriers, 223–224
Estaing, Comte de, 15
Ethiopia, 249
Euphrates River, 307, 319, 323, 327, 329, 330, 332
Eureka Cartography, xvi
Europe in 1914, 122
Eutaw Springs, SC, 19
Ezra Church, GA, 91
F-4 Phantoms, 264–265, 267–268, 278, 280
F4U Corsairs, 182, 250
F9F Panthers, 250
F-15 Eagles, 302
F-86 Sabres, xvi, 250, 251–252
F-105 Thunderchiefs, 264, 267, 278
F-117 Nighthawks, 297, 301, 302, 321
Fahd (King of Saudi Arabia), 290, 291, 292
Falkenhayn, Erich von, 130, 131, 133, 136–137, 137–138
Farragut, David G., 33, 76, 91
Farwell, Byron, 148
fedayeen, 323, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 335
Federalists, 28
Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, 346, 348
Ferdinand, Franz, 125, 126, 134, 166
Ferguson, Patrick, 17
festungsbereiche seaports, 202
Filipinos, 114–115, 116, 117, 212, 213, 222
Finland, 132
Finn, Terence T., xvi–xvii
“fireside chats” (Roosevelt, F.), 183–184
First World War. See World War I (1914-1918)
Flanders, Belgium, 150
Fletcher, Frank Jack, 217
Florida, 14, 70, 105
flu pandemic (1918, 1919), 168
Flying Tigers, 226
Foch, Ferdinand, 129, 146, 151–152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 162, 163, 165, 169, 170
Foggia, Italy, 191, 192
Fokker Triplanes, 169
Ford, Gerald, 282
Formosa, Japan, 230, 248
Fort Donelson, TN, 86
Fort Erie, Canada, 38
Fort Fisher, NC, 95
Fort George, Canada, 36
Fort Leavenworth, KS, 53
Fort McHenry, MD, 39
Fort Meigs, OH, 36
Fort Niagara, NY, 36
Fort Stanwix, NY, 10
Fort Stedman, VA, 95–96
Fort Sumter, SC, 71
Fort Ticonderoga, NY, 6, 10
Fort Washington, MD, 39
Four Freedoms (Roosevelt, F.), 180, 181
Fowler, William M., Jr., 29
France/French
Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 352
Between the States (1860-1865), 75, 78
1812, 32
Gulf War (1990-1991), 296
Independence (1775-1783), 5, 11–12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23
Iraq (2003-2011), 318, 320
Korea (1950-1953), 246, 249
Vietnam (1965-1975), 259
France/French (cont.)
World War I (1914-1918), 124, 125, 126–127, 128–129, 130, 136, 137–138, 139–140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 152, 153–154, 155–156, 156–158, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167, 169, 171, 172
World War II (1939-1945), 179, 181–182, 188, 193, 196, 202, 203, 208, 211, 212, 220, 234
Franklin, Benjamin, 20
Franks, Fred, 309
Franks, Tommy, 318, 319–320, 321, 322, 334
Fredendall, Lloyd, 189
Fredericksburg, VA, 81
Freeman, Chas, 299
Freeman’s Farm, NY, 11
Fremont, John C., 54
French, Sir John, 136
French and Indian War, xvi
French Indochina, 214
Frenchtown, MI, 36
“friendly fire” incidents, 191, 204, 310, 328
Funston, Frederick, 116
future of America influenced by wars, xv, xvi. See also America at war
Gage, Thomas, 3–4, 6
Gale, Edmund, 33
Gallieni, Joseph “savior of Paris, the,” 128
Gallipoli Peninsula (Ottoman Empire), 137
Garner, Jay, 338
Gates, Horatio, 11, 17
Gates, Robert, 348
General Offensive (Tet Offensive), 274–277
Geneva Accords, 259
George III (King of England), 5, 12
George V (King of England), 128, 140
Georgia, 10, 12, 16, 70, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
Germain, Lord George, 9, 10, 14, 20, 22
Germantown, PA, 9, 13
Germany/Germans, 104, 125. See also Hitler, Adolf; Nazi Germany
Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 352
Gulf War (1990-1991), 297
Independence (1775-1783), 6, 7, 8, 10, 21
Iraq (2003-2011), 320
submarine (U-boat) warfare, 141, 142–143, 144, 149–150, 165, 170, 182, 183, 184, 194–198
World War I (1914-1918), 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130–131, 132, 133, 134, 135–136, 136–137, 138–139, 141, 152, 156, 159, 164–165, 166–167, 169–170
World War II (1939-1945), 179, 180–181, 182, 186, 198, 199, 200, 201–203, 208, 209–210, 211, 212, 232–233, 233, 234
Gettysburg, PA, xv, 82–84, 85, 87, 91, 96, 97, 98, 220
Ghana, Africa, 136
Ghent, Belgium, 159
Giap, Vo Nguyen, 279–280
Gibraltar, 21
Gilmore, Howard, 227–228
Glitra (British ship), 142
Glover, John, 7–8
Gold Beach, 205
Goldwater, Barry, 263
Goodneck, William K., 209
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 305
Göring, Hermann, 200
Gorlice, Poland, 132, 134
Gotha G IVs, 159
Grant, Ulysses S.
Between the States (1860-1865), 85–87, 88–90, 91, 92–94, 94–95, 96, 99, 104
Mexico (1846-1848), 50, 62, 63
Grasse, Comte de, 12, 20, 21
Graves, Sir Thomas, 20, 22
Great Britain/British. See also Royal Air Force; Royal Navy
Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347, 351, 352
Between the States (1860-1865), 97–98
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 128, 130, 136, 137
1812, xv, 25–43
Gulf War (1990-1991), 296, 297, 305, 312
impressment of U.S. sailors by, 28, 29, 34, 41, 42, 43
Independence (1775-1783), 1–24, 2, 355–356
Iraq (2003-2011), 317, 318, 319, 322, 325–326, 327, 328, 330, 334
Korea (1950-1953), 241, 245, 249
World War I (1914-1918), 126, 127, 128, 130–131, 133–134, 136–137, 138–139, 139–140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 150–151, 152, 155–156, 163–164, 166, 167, 172
World War II (1939-1945), 179–180, 181–182, 183, 184–185, 186, 187–188, 194–195, 196, 197, 207, 212, 214–215, 229–230, 234
Great Depression, 180
Great Society program (Johnson), 258
Great War, 124. See also World War I (1914-1918)
Greece, 164, 182, 249
Greene, Nathanael, 13–14, 17–18, 18–19, 23
Guadalcanal, 219–220, 221
Guam, 113, 118, 212, 223, 280
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 107
Guatemala, 48
Guilford Courthouse, NC, 19
Gulf of Siam, 278
Gulf of Trieste, 135
Gulf War (1990-1991), 285–313, 286, 287, 288, 289, 318, 319, 322, 363–364
Haifa, Israel, 304
Haig, Sir Douglas, 137, 138, 139–140, 146, 150–151, 152, 153, 155–156, 156, 163, 168–169, 170, 171
Haiphong, Vietnam, 265, 266, 278, 280, 281
Halberstam, David, 250
Halifax, Canada, 34, 39
Halleck, Henry “Old Brains,” 86, 89, 90
Hallion, Richard P., 250–251
“halls of Montezuma” (Marine hymn), 60
Halsey, William “Bull,” 221, 222–223, 227
Hamilton, Nigel, 205
Hampton, Wade, 36, 38
Hampton Roads, VA, 73–74, 74, 75
Hanoi, Vietnam, 257, 259, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 273, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283
Han River, 245
Hapsburgs, 124, 166. See also Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Harpers Ferry, WV, 78, 79
Harris, Sir Arthur, 198, 203
Harrison, William Henry, 35
Hart, B. H. Liddell, 141, 171, 172
Harvard, 4, 270
Hastings, Max, 242
Hatteras Inlet, NC, 76
Havana, Cuba, 51, 56, 75, 103, 105
Hawaiian Islands, 178, 179, 227. See also Pearl Harbor
Hay, John, 104
helicopters warfare, 251, 271, 307
Hellcats, 182
Henry, Robert Selph, 57
Herring, George, 283
Herzstein, Robert E., 180
Hickey, Michael, 245
“Highway of Death,” 309
Hill, A. P., 79, 83
Himalayan Mountains, 225
Hindenburg, Paul von, 131–132, 140, 150, 164, 165, 169, 171, 180
Hindenburg Line, 139, 163, 169
Hindiyah, Iraq, 332
Hirohito (Emperor of Japan), 231
Hiroshima, Japan, 230, 235–236
Hitler, Adolf, 170, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 197, 202, 203, 207, 208, 209, 211, 232, 234, 241
HMAS Sidney, 249
HMS Alert, 32
HMS Ark Royal, 325
HMS Belfast, 249
HMS Boxer, 35
HMS Frolic, 32
HMS Gloucester, 304
HMS Guerriere, 32
HMS Inflexible, 141
HMS Invincible, 141
HMS Java, 32
HMS Macedonian, 32, 35
HMS Peacock, 32
HMS Prince of Wales, 184, 185, 186, 229
HMS Reindeer, 35
HMS Repulse, 186, 229
HMS Shannon, 37
HMS Triumph, 249
HMS Turbulent, 325
Hobkirk’s Hill, Camden, 19
Ho Chi Minh, 259, 260
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 269
Holland, 124, 162, 201, 208–209, 211
Holly Springs, MS, 88
Hong Kong, 104, 229
Honshu, Japan, 230
Hood, John Bell, 91–92
Hooker, Joseph, 79, 81, 84, 89
Horner, Charles, 297
House of Representatives. See Congress
Houston, Sam, 48
Howe, Sir William, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 22
Hubbardton, VT, 10
Hubble, Edwin P., 158
Hudson River, 7, 9
Hue, Vietnam, 275–276
Hull, William, 30, 31, 38
Humphreys, Joshua, 21
Hungary, 194
Hunt class boats, 296
Hunter, Daniel, 94
Hürtgen Forest, Germany, 209
Hussein, Saddam
Gulf War (1990-1991), 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 302, 303, 304, 305, 310–312, 312–313
Iraq (2003-2011), 317–318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 330, 331, 332, 334, 336, 337, 339, 340
Iaccaci, August and Paul, 161
Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, 270–271
Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz, 291
Iceland, 185, 195
Illinois, 16, 52, 148
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). See Japan/Japanese
impressment of U.S. sailors by British, 28, 29, 34, 41, 42, 43
Inchon, Korea, 240, 242, 243, 250, 252
Incirlik, Turkey, 295
Independence (1775-1783), 1–24, 2, 355–356
India, 29, 193, 199, 225
Indiana, 16
Indochina, 259
Infanta Maria Teresa (Spanish flagship), 111
intelligence work, 197, 216, 218, 219
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 347, 348, 350, 352, 353
In the Graveyard of Empires (Jones), 347
Iowa, 147
Iowa class battleships, 230, 231, 298
Iran, 293, 294, 311, 318
Iranian National Railway, 183
Iraq
Gulf War (1990-1991), 285–313, 286, 287, 288, 289, 318, 319, 322, 363–364
Iraq War (2003-2011), 315–340, 316, 347, 364
World War I (1914-1918), 133
Iraq War, The: A Military History (Murray and Scales), 329
Ireland, 142, 148
Iron Triangle, Vietnam, 271
isolationism, 179
Isonzo River, 135
Israel, 133, 304–305
Istanbul, 137
Italy/Italians
Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347
World War I (1914-1918), 134–135, 164, 167
World War II (1939-1945), 180, 187, 190, 191–193, 194, 198, 201, 234
Iuka, MS, 87
Iwo Jima, 226–227, 228, 229
Jackson, Andrew, 42, 48, 56
Jackson, MS, 88
Jackson, Thomas “Stone Wall,” 72, 78
Jackson State College, 278
James River, 73
Japan/Japanese
Korea (1950-1953), 239, 246, 248
Pearl Harbor, 178–179, 183, 185, 186, 212, 215, 216, 223, 231–232
World War I (1914-1918), 136
World War II (1939-1945), 178–179, 180, 181, 187, 212–223, 214, 215–216, 216–218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228–229, 230, 231–232, 232, 234, 235–236
Java Sea, 42, 215, 229
Jefferson, Thomas, 32, 56, 80
Jellicoe, Sir John, 142, 143, 149
Jerusalem, 133
jet-powered aircraft, 251
Jews, 211
Joffre, Joseph, 126–127, 128–129, 136, 137, 138, 139
Johnson, Lyndon B., 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263–264, 265–266, 267, 269–270, 274, 276, 278, 283
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 86, 87
Johnston, Joseph, 90, 91, 96
Jones, John Paul, 12, 16
Jones, Seth G., 346, 347
Jordan, 133
Juno Beach, 205, 206
Jutland Peninsula, 142
Kabul, Afghanistan, 343, 347, 349, 352
Kaiser, Henry J., 184
Kajaki plant, Afghanistan, 349
kamikazes (suicide) strikes, 229, 230, 235
Kansas, 53
Karbala Gap, Iraq, 325, 332, 333
Karzai, Hamid, 346–347, 348, 350
Kaskaskia, IL, 16
Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, 189
Kearny, Philip, 99–100
Kearny, Stephen W., 53–54
Keegan, John, 131, 139, 140
Kelly, Michael, 333
Kennedy, John F., 258, 259, 262
Kenney, George, 181
Kent, England, 202
Kent, Jacob, 110
Kent State University, 278
Kentucky, 3, 4, 16, 52, 71, 77, 78
Kenya, 344
Kerensky, Alexander, 132
Kettle Hill, Cuba, 109, 110
Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 274–275
Kiel, Germany, 164
Kifl, Iraq, 332
Kim Il Sung, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 247, 248, 252
Kindermord, 131
King, Ernest J., 186–187, 221
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 273
King’s Mountain, SC, 17
Kips Bay, NY, 7
Kirkuk, Iraq, 319, 331
Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 218–219
Kissinger, Henry, 277–278, 280–281
Kluck, Alexander von, 127, 128
Know, Henry, 6
Kontum, Vietnam, 279
Korat, Thailand, 264
Korda, Michael, 201
Korea
Korean War (1950-1953), xvii, 237–253, 238
Vietnam (1965-1975), 280
World War II (1939-1945), 231
Kosovo, 134
Krueger, Walter, 230
Kunming, China, 225
Kurds, 330, 331
Kursk, Russia, 234
Kuwait, 133, 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 300, 304, 306, 307–308, 310–311, 312, 317, 322, 329
Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 223
Kyushu, Japan, 228
La Angostura, Mexico, 51–52
Lafayette, Marquis de, 14
Lafayette Escadrille, 160
Lake Chalco, 56, 57
Lake Champlain, 5, 40–41, 42
Lake Erie, 30, 35, 36, 42
Lake George, 6
Lake Huron, 31
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