Williamsburg Regional Library

Don't tread on me, a 400-year history of America at war, from Indian fighting to terrorist hunting, H.W. Crocker III

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-440) and index

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Don't tread on me

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H.W. Crocker III

a 400-year history of America at war, from Indian fighting to terrorist hunting

"Don't Tread on Me is a sweeping, colorful--and controversial--history of America's wars and foreign and military policy over the past four hundred years. Full of gripping battle scenes and contrarian arguments, this stirring book challenges Americans to rethink what they thought they knew about our nation at war."--Publisher's website

Prologue: The summons of the trumpet -- The gentle art of scalping -- Wolfe's triumph and Pontiac's rebellion -- "Disperse, ye rebels!" -- Forged in battle : from 1776 to Valley Forge -- The world turned upside down -- The Founders' foreign entanglements -- Madison's wars -- The guns of Old Hickory -- The emerging colossus -- Military holiday in Mexico -- Wrecking the furniture -- "War is cruelty, you cannot refine it" -- "War means fighting and fighting means killing" -- "For every Southern boy--it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863" -- "The satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed" -- "But westward, look! The land is bright" -- "Half devil and half child" -- "Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" -- A world made safe for war -- Infamy -- "The great crusade" -- "Another Marine reporting for duty, sir. I've spent my time in hell." -- "Retreat, hell--we're just attacking in another direction." -- The long twilight struggle -- America resurgent -- Epilogue: "Go tell the Spartans."

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