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U.S. History: Military & War History

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Websites

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War 

This Smithsonian website skillfully integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq.

Books in Library Catalog

List of Major conflicts

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR  (1756–1763)

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783)

WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815) 

MEXICAN - AMERICAN WAR (1846-1848) 

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861–1865)

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898)

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)   

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)

KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)   

VIETNAM WAR (1959-1975)   

BAY OF PIGS INVASION (1961)

GULF WAR (1990-1991)

WAR IN AFGHANISTAN (2001-PRESENT)

INVASION OF IRAQ ( 2003 - 2011)

U.S.-LED INTERVENTION IN IRAQ (2014–2017)

U.S.-LED INTERVENTION IN SYRIA (2014–present)

YEMENI CIVIL WAR (2015–present)

U.S.-LED INTERVENTION IN LIBYA (2015–present)

Oraganizations & Associations

The Coast Guard Historian's Office 

History of the Coast Guard

 

The American Battle Monuments Commission 

established by Congress in 1923, is an agency of the executive branch of the federal government. ABMC — guardian of America’s overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials — honors the service, achievements and sacrifice of U.S. Armed Forces.

 

Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University 

the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia.

 

Naval History and Heritage Command 

History of the Navy

 

The Air Force Historical Research Agency 

The repository for Air Force historical documents

Video

Vietnam War

Military History

MILITARY HISTORY

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Army

Marine Corps

Navy

Air force

Coast Guard

Additional Resources

Lion Heart filmworks youtube channel 

Videos on history of the military and wars involving the united states

 

History of War Resources 

Information on the various wars and battles

 

U.S. Department of Defense 

 

U.S. Army Center of Military History 

 

The war that made America 

The dramatic documentary tells the story of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which began in the wilderness of the Pennsylvania frontier and spread throughout the colonies, into Canada, and ultimately around the world

 

HIST 119 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 

course from Yale University that explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877.

 

THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR: 1945 - 1955 

Cold War History and origins

 

Military Resources 

Links to military reference material, military history and research, and to specific topics.

 

United States Military Academy Westpoint: HistoryAtlases 

Atlases

 

The Revolution - History Channel 

Video playlist from the history channel on the American Revolution

 

World War II Full Documentary Series 

Full documentary series on WWII

WWI