America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present

Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemieS≪/I>the generals, admirals, Indian chiefs and warriors, submarine captains, fighter pilots, and spies who opposed the United States with military force or other means. Often these military leaders were among the best minds of their times. For more than two centuries, the new nation's most constant military opponents were the Native Americans, led by such capable chiefs as American Horse and Little Wolf. Under D'Iberville, Canada's French colonialists became formidable foes, but they were soon surpassed by the rigorously disciplined redcoats of Great Britain under Howe and Cornwallis. Ironically, the most effective enemies in the history of the United States were not the leaders of foreign military forceslike Mexico's Santa Anna, Japan's Yamamoto, or VietnaM&Apos;s Vo Nguyen Giap. They arose from among its own citizens during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Product Info

ISBN: 1576076032

ISBN-13: 9781576076033

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

Year: 2001

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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