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Article: America as a Military Power: From the American Revolution to the Civil War.(Book Review)
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- Air Power History
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- September 22, 2003
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Jeremy Black. Westport Ct: Praeger, 2002. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 231. $26.95 ISBN: 10-275-97706-4
Renowned British military historian Jeremy Black turns his attention from strategy to the topic of America's wars in his new work from Praegel: Black brings a unique perspective to the topic by placing America's wars in the larger setting of world military power, and this is perhaps the most valuable contribution of America as a Military Power. For example, Black ignores the colonial period and begins with an examination of the American Revolution. American patriots could lose battles and territory (as indeed entire colonies were knocked out of the ...