This course explores the role that war has played in shaping the United States of America. The lectures begin with the American Revolution and an examination of how America was born with war. The discussion continues with the "forgotten" War of 1812 and then turns to the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War. Subsequent lectures then illustrate America's role in helping to end the "War to End All Wars" before the course concludes with...

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Mark Robert Polelle

1) Command and control: great military leaders from Washington to the twenty-first century

2) Hard-won victories: a history of the United States at war