Crowley County Combined Library

Excerpt: "The American people of today, weighed in the balances of the greatest armed conflict of all time and found not wanting, can afford to survey, in a spirit of candid scrutiny and without reviving an ancient grudge, that turbulent episode in the welding of their nation which is called the War of 1812. In spite of defeats and disappointments this war was, in the large, enduring sense, a victory. It was in this renewed defiance of England that...

An account of America's war in Europe and in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the Normandy invasion, and the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri

Traces the history of the Korean war that lasted three years. The Korean Conflict is sometimes called the "The Forgotten War."

A narrative of the plains Indian wars from an American perspective.

Discusses the historical and political background, military strategies, and battles of the Vietnam War.

Discusses the events connected with the conflict between the United States and England during the early years of the nineteenth century.

Learn about the longest military conflict in United States history.

Discusses that the Gulf War was fought to free Kuwait from the ruthless dictator of Iraq.

This book describes two wars fought far from home in reaction to what American leaders feared as being Communist takeovers, both created storms of political controversy and upheaval.

America at War--A War Begins--The War on Terror--The United States Enters the War--Timeline--Americans Serving in Afghanistan--A Soldiers Uniform--Afghanistan War Weapons--American Battles--Heroic Americans--The Home Front--The Conflict Continues--The Aftermath--By the Numbers--How We Remember