Publisher's Synopsis
This work tells the history of America's wars, from the War of Independence, through the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, to World War I. Analysing each battle, the author narrates the progress of events at Gettysburg, Trenton, the Meuse-Argonne, San Jacinto, San Juan Hill and elsewhere, while portraying - and evaluating - American generals such as Washington, Winfield Scott, Grant, Lee and Pershing.;Other books by this author include "The Second World War", "The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant", the three-volume "Military History of the Western World", "The Conduct of War", "Alexander the Great" and "Julius Caesar".
