The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917 (I)

       Table of Contents

       Preface

       Preface to the 2005 Edition

       1 Introduction

       What Is Military History?

       Theory and Practice of War

       The American Military System

       2 The Beginnings

       The European Heritage

       The Military Revolution

       Eighteenth Century European Warfare

       The Colonial Scene

       Colonial Militia

       The Colonies in the World Conflict, 1689–1783

       The American Rifle

       The Colonial Heritage

       3 The American Revolution, First Phase

       The Outbreak

       Formation of the Continental Army

       The Invasion of Canada and the Fall of Boston

       The New Nation

       Evolution of the Continental Army

       The British Problem

       Of Strategy

       The British Offensive in 1776

       Trenton and Princeton

       4 The Winning of Independence, 1777–1783

       The Campaign of 1777

       Valley Forge

       First Fruits of the French Alliance

       The New Conditions of the War

       British Successes in the South

       Nadir of the American Cause

       Greene’s Southern Campaign

       Yorktown: The Final Act

       Surrender of Cornwallis

       The Summing Up: Reasons, Lessons, and Meaning

       5 The Formative Years 1783–1812

       The Question of a Peacetime Army

       Toward a More Perfect Union

       The Militia

       Military Realities in the Federalist Period

       The Indian Expeditions

       Battle of Fallen Timbers

       The Perils of Neutrality

       The Quasi War with France