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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: The basics: U.S. military organizations and their people -- Military services, organizational integration, and civilian oversight -- Those who serve and the uniforms they wear -- Part II: The common defense and America's military -- America's military: creation and early challenges -- Fighting to preserve the Union: the Civil War and its aftermath -- The military services in transition, 1880-1917 -- The common defense moves over there: World War I and its aftermath -- Global expeditionary conflict, 1941-1945 -- The services' struggles for relevance in the atomic age, 1945-1949 -- Containment and the emergence of two militaries: the Cold War, 1950-1973 -- The military's revitalization and redemption: the Cold War, 1974-1991 -- Return to an expeditionary military, 1991-2001 -- The military the nation has, 2001-2017. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Armed Forces -- History.
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United States. |
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Armed Forces. |
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History. |
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United States -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thornhill, Paula G., author. Demystifying the American Military Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019] 9781682470732 (DLC) 2018054259 |
| ISBN |
9781682470749 electronic book |
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1682470741 electronic book |
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9781682470732 paperback alkaline paper |
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