American Battles & Campaigns
A Chronicle From 1622-2010
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · November 8, 2016
Raids and sieges; trench warfare and air campaigns; guerrilla warfare, naval engagements, and colonial wars—American Battles & Campaigns covers every major campaign and battle fought in North America or by United States’ forces overseas, from the Pequot War of 1634 to the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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- Who it’s for
- A chronological record of U.S. campaigns, with illustrated maps and accounts of major engagements.
- Genres
- U.S. Military History, Military History-Pictorial, Military History
- Published
- St. Martin's Press, November 8, 2016
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Raids and sieges; trench warfare and air campaigns; guerrilla warfare, naval engagements, and colonial wars—American Battles & Campaigns covers every major campaign and battle fought in North America or by United States’ forces overseas, from the Pequot War of 1634 to the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Arranged chronologically,American Battles & Campaigns: A Chronicle, from 1622-Present includes hundreds of entries, ranging from the 1770 Boston Massacre through the Alamo (1836) and the Philippine-American War (1899–1902), to Chateau-Thierry (1918), Midway (1942) and Hue (1969). Major battles, such as Yorktown, Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, and D-Day, are illustrated with full-color annotated 3-dimensional maps and detailed text explaining the course of the engagement. Stuffed with black and white and color photographs, battle maps, paintings and other artwork,American Battles & Campaigns contains expert accounts and analysis from thirty leading military historians.
Campaigns in Sequence
A chronological record of U.S. campaigns, with illustrated maps and accounts of major engagements.
Come here for
- Chronological entries spanning North American and overseas U.S. campaigns
- Annotated 3D maps and detailed accounts of major engagements
Expect
- Entries from the Pequot War through Afghanistan and Iraq
- Photographs, battle maps, paintings, and other artwork
Where it sits
| U.S. Military History | 91% |
|---|---|
| Military History-Pictorial | 27% |
| Military History | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. Military History
- Authors
- Chris McNab
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- November 8, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- U.S. Military History