Chapter 01 Introduction, Antonio S. Thompson, Christos G. Frentzos; Part 1 Post-Civil War American Expansion at Home and Abroad; Chapter 02 Westward Expansion and U.S. Overseas Empire: 1865–1898, Anne Paulet; Chapter 03 Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier, Brian G. Shellum; Chapter 04 U.S. Overseas Expansion in the Post-Civil War Era, Stephen McCullough; Part 02 The Spanish–American War and U.S. Overseas Expansion; Chapter 05 The Spanish–American War and the Development of U.S. Imperialism, Thomas Schoonover; Chapter 06 The Philippine–American War and the Birth of U.S. Colonialism in Asia, Frank Schumacher; Chapter 07 The Platt Amendment and U.S. Occupation Policies in Latin America, Cyrus Veeser; Part 03 The First World War and its Aftermath; Chapter 08 The United States in the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles: 1914–1919, Justus D. Doenecke; Chapter 09 Allied Coalition Warfare During the First World War, Brian Neumann; Chapter 10 Native American Soldiers in World War I, Thomas A. Britten; Chapter 11 Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the League of Nations, Ross A. Kennedy; Part 04 America Between the World Wars; Chapter 12 The United States During the Interwar Years, Kenneth Weisbrode; Chapter 13 The Age of Disengagement and Disarmament, Benjamin D. Rhodes; Chapter 14 U.S. Military Planning During the Interwar Period, Lon Strauss; Part 05 America and the Second World War; Chapter 15 The United States in the Second World War, Gerhard L. Weinberg; Chapter 16 Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Second Front, James D. Perry; Chapter 17 The Atomic Bombing of Japan, Robert Buzzanco; Chapter 18 American Women in World War II, Kara Dixon Vuic; Chapter 19 The Housing of Axis Prisoners of War in the U.S. During World War II, Antonio S. Thompson; Part 06 The United States and the Early Cold War; Chapter 20 The Origins of the Cold War at Home and Abroad, Günter Bischof; Chapter 21 The Soviet Union, the United States and Eastern Europe: 1941–1953, Laszlo Borhi; Chapter 22 U.S. Occupation Policy and Nation Building in Germany and Japan, James F. Dobbins; Chapter 23 The Cold War at Home, K.A. Cuordileone; Part 07 The Korean War and its Aftermath; Chapter 24 The Korean War, 1950–1953, James I. Matray; Chapter 25 UN Coalition Warfare During the Korean War, Jeffrey Grey; Chapter 26 Warfare and Nation Building in the Republic of Korea: 1953–1973, Christos G. Frentzos; Part 08 The Vietnam War; Chapter 27 The Vietnam War, 1945–1975, George C. Herring; Chapter 28 The Myth of an American Attrition Strategy in the Vietnam War, Gregory A. Daddis; Chapter 29 “Shaky as All Hell”, James M. Carter; Chapter 30 The Soldier’s Experience in Vietnam, Ron Milam; Part 09 U.S. Clandestine Operations and the Cold War on the Periphery; Chapter 31 The Cold War on the Periphery: 1953–1989, Michael J. SullivanIII; Chapter 32 Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the CIA, Joe Renouard; Chapter 33 U.S. Clandestine Operations in Chile, Lubna Z. Qureshi; Chapter 34 U.S. Troops as an Instrument in Foreign Policy, Kyle Longley; Part 10 America and Post Cold War Interventions; Chapter 35 Post Cold War Conflicts, Sean N. Kalic; Chapter 36 Operation Just Cause, Barry Mowell; Chapter 37 The Participation of American Servicewomen in Operation Desert Storm, Emerald M. Archer; Chapter 38 U.S. Troops in Non-Traditional Roles, Keith Pomakoy; Part 11 September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath; Chapter 39 September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror, Martin Loicano; Chapter 40 Operation Enduring Freedom, Kevin W. Farrell; Chapter 41 Operation Iraqi Freedom, Alexander Alderson;