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America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present
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by John C. Fredriksen
John C. Fredriksen
America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present
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John C. Fredriksen
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This work chronicles the lives and accomplishments of over 200 enemies who have fought, plotted, spied on, and in some instances defeated U.S. forces over the past three centuries.
Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemies—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 forces—like Mexico's Santa Anna, Japan's Yamamoto, or Vietnam's Vo Nguyen Giap. They arose from among its own citizens during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.
Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemies—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 forces—like Mexico's Santa Anna, Japan's Yamamoto, or Vietnam's Vo Nguyen Giap. They arose from among its own citizens during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781576076033 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 12/05/2001 |
Pages: | 640 |
Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.38(d) |
Age Range: | 12 - 18 Years |
About the Author
John C. Fredriksen, PhD, is an independent historian. His published works include ABC-CLIO's International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft, 1914–1920 and American Military Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | ix | |
America's Military Adversaries | 1 | |
Aguinaldo, Emilio | 1 | |
Alexander, Edward Porter | 3 | |
Alligator | 6 | |
American Horse | 7 | |
Anabuki, Satoshi | 9 | |
Anderson, Richard Heron | 11 | |
Anderson, William | 14 | |
Andre, John | 16 | |
Arbuthnot, Marriot | 18 | |
Arnim, Hans-Jurgen | 21 | |
Arnold, Benedict | 24 | |
Arnold, Margaret | 26 | |
Ashby, Turner | 28 | |
Bacon, Nathaniel | 30 | |
Balck, Hermann | 33 | |
Bar, Heinz | 35 | |
Barboncito | 37 | |
Barclay, Robert Heriot | 39 | |
Baum, Friedrich | 42 | |
Bayerlein, Fritz | 44 | |
Bee, Barnard Elliott | 47 | |
de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne | 48 | |
Bisshopp, Cecil | 51 | |
Black Hawk | 53 | |
Black Kettle | 55 | |
Blaskowitz, Johannes | 57 | |
de Bougainville, Louis-Antoine | 59 | |
de Bourlamaque, Francois-Charles | 62 | |
Boyd, Belle | 64 | |
Bragg, Braxton | 66 | |
Brant, Joseph | 68 | |
Breckinridge, John Cabell | 69 | |
Brock, Isaac | 72 | |
Broke, Philip Bowes Vere | 76 | |
Brooke, Arthur | 79 | |
Buchanan, Franklin | 81 | |
Burgoyne, John | 82 | |
Butler, John | 86 | |
Butler, Walter | 88 | |
Campbell, Archibald | 90 | |
Canonchet | 93 | |
Captain Jack | 95 | |
Carleton, Guy | 97 | |
Cervera, Pascual | 100 | |
Cixi | 102 | |
Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne | 105 | |
Clinton, Henry | 107 | |
Cochise | 110 | |
Cochrane, Alexander Forester Inglis | 111 | |
Cockburn, Sir George | 114 | |
Collier, George | 117 | |
Cornplanter | 119 | |
Cornstalk | 122 | |
Cornwallis, Charles | 124 | |
Coulon de Villiers, Louis | 128 | |
Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, Joseph | 129 | |
Crazy Horse | 131 | |
Crittenden, George Bibb | 133 | |
d'Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne | 135 | |
Davis, Jefferson | 137 | |
Dieskau, Jean-Armand | 140 | |
Dietrich, Josef | 142 | |
Donitz, Karl | 145 | |
Drummond, Gordon | 148 | |
Dull Knife | 152 | |
Evans, Nathan George | 154 | |
Ferguson, Patrick | 156 | |
Fitzgibbon, James | 158 | |
Floyd, John Buchanan | 161 | |
Forrest, Nathan Bedford | 163 | |
Fraser, Simon | 164 | |
Frontenac, Comte de, Louis de Buade | 167 | |
Fuchida, Mitsuo | 169 | |
Gage, Thomas | 172 | |
Galland, Adolf | 175 | |
Gallwitz, Max von | 178 | |
Germain, George Sackville | 180 | |
Geronimo | 182 | |
Giap, Vo Nguyen | 184 | |
Girty, Simon | 188 | |
Gordon, John Brown | 191 | |
Goring, Hermann | 193 | |
Gorshkov, Sergei Georgievich | 196 | |
Grant, James | 198 | |
Graves, Thomas | 201 | |
Grey, Charles | 203 | |
Haldimand, Frederick | 206 | |
Hamilton, Henry | 208 | |
Harvey, John | 211 | |
Hashimoto, Mochitsura | 213 | |
Hausser, Paul | 216 | |
Heth, Henry | 219 | |
Hill, Daniel Harvey | 221 | |
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von | 223 | |
Hindman, Thomas Carmichael | 226 | |
Hitler, Adolf | 228 | |
Hoke, Robert Frederick | 231 | |
Homma, Masaharu | 233 | |
Hood, John Bell | 235 | |
Howe, Richard | 237 | |
Howe, William | 240 | |
Huger, Benjamin | 243 | |
Hussein, Saddam | 246 | |
Imboden, John Daniel | 249 | |
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" | 251 | |
Jodl, Alfred | 253 | |
Johnson, Guy | 255 | |
Johnson, John | 257 | |
Johnston, Joseph E. | 259 | |
Joseph | 261 | |
Kamiakin | 263 | |
Karamanli, Yusuf | 265 | |
Kato, Tateo | 268 | |
Keitel, Wilhelm | 270 | |
Kesselring, Albert | 273 | |
Kim Il Sung | 275 | |
Kluge, Gunther Hans von | 278 | |
Knyphausen, Wilhelm von | 281 | |
Lee, Robert E. | 283 | |
Leisler, Jacob | 286 | |
Leslie, Alexander | 289 | |
Levis, Francois-Gaston | 291 | |
Little Turtle | 293 | |
Little Wolf | 295 | |
Logan, James | 297 | |
Longstreet, James | 299 | |
Looking Glass | 301 | |
Loring, William Wing | 303 | |
Lovell, Mansfield | 306 | |
Ludendorff, Erich von | 308 | |
Macdonnell, George | 311 | |
Magruder, John Bankhead | 313 | |
Mangas Coloradas | 315 | |
Manteuffel, Hasso von | 317 | |
Manuelito | 320 | |
McGillivray, Alexander | 322 | |
Merritt, William Hamilton | 324 | |
Micanopy | 326 | |
Model, Walter | 328 | |
Montcalm, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis of | 331 | |
Montojo, Patricio | 334 | |
Morrison, Joseph Wanton | 337 | |
Murray, John | 339 | |
Mussolini, Benito | 342 | |
Nagumo, Chuichi | 344 | |
Nana | 347 | |
Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi | 348 | |
Norton, John | 351 | |
Oconostota | 353 | |
O'Hara, Charles | 355 | |
Osceola | 357 | |
Pakenham, Edward | 359 | |
Parker, Peter | 362 | |
Parker, Quanah | 364 | |
Pearson, Richard | 367 | |
Pecaudy de Contrecoeur, Claude-Pierre | 369 | |
Peiper, Jochem | 371 | |
Pelham, John | 373 | |
Pemberton, John Clifford | 375 | |
Peng Dehuai | 378 | |
Pepelyaev, Yevgenij | 382 | |
Percy, Hugh | 384 | |
Pettigrew, James Johnston | 387 | |
Phillips, William | 389 | |
Pigot, Robert | 392 | |
Pillow, Gideon Johnson | 394 | |
Pitcairn, John | 396 | |
Pontiac | 399 | |
Pouchot de Maupas, Pierre | 401 | |
Prevost, Augustin | 403 | |
Prevost, George | 405 | |
Price, Sterling | 408 | |
Proctor, Henry | 411 | |
Quantrill, William Clarke | 413 | |
Rain-in-the-Face | 415 | |
Rall, Johann Gottlieb | 418 | |
Rawdon-Hastings, Francis | 420 | |
Red Cloud | 422 | |
Riall, Phineas | 425 | |
Riedesel, Frederika | 427 | |
Riedesel, Friedrich Adolphus von | 430 | |
Roman Nose | 432 | |
Rommel, Erwin | 434 | |
Ross, Robert | 437 | |
Rottenburg, Francis de | 440 | |
Rundstedt, Gerd von | 442 | |
Sakai, Saburo | 445 | |
de Salaberry, Charles-Michael d'Irumberry | 448 | |
Sandino, Augusto | 450 | |
de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez | 453 | |
Sassacus | 456 | |
Satanta | 458 | |
Secord, Laura Ingersoll | 461 | |
Senger und Etterlin, Fridolin von | 463 | |
Sheaffe, Roger Hale | 466 | |
Sherbrooke, John Coape | 469 | |
Sibley, Henry Hopkins | 471 | |
Simcoe, John Graves | 473 | |
Sitting Bull | 476 | |
Skorzeny, Otto | 478 | |
Smith, Francis | 481 | |
St. Leger, Barry | 483 | |
Stewart, Alexander | 486 | |
Stuart, J.E.B. "Jeb" | 488 | |
Student, Kurt | 490 | |
Tall Bull | 493 | |
Tanaka, Razio | 494 | |
Tarleton, Banastre | 497 | |
Taylor, Richard | 500 | |
Tecumseh | 502 | |
Tenskwatawa | 505 | |
Tojo, Hideki | 507 | |
Tokyo Rose | 510 | |
Tryon, William | 512 | |
Van Dorn, Earl | 515 | |
de Vaudreuil, Philippe de Rigaud | 517 | |
de Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud | 519 | |
Victorio | 522 | |
Villa, Pancho | 524 | |
Vincent, John | 527 | |
Wildcat | 529 | |
Yamamoto, Isoroku | 531 | |
Yamashita, Tomoyuki | 534 | |
Yeo, James Lucas | 537 | |
Appendix A | Listing by Occupation | 541 |
Appendix B | Listing by Conflict | 544 |
Bibliography | 546 | |
Index | 597 | |
About the Author | 621 |
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