San Antonio College Library

Provides information on military organization, accounts of battles and events, biographies of military and civilian leaders, locations of military bases, and descriptions of military awards from colonization to the 1980s.

Examines the history of American warfare from the Civil War through Vietnam and the Cold War, looking at the experiences of both leaders and the led and how American democracy defines itself through these conflicts.

Emphasizes battles and leaders more than administration and doctrine. Conclusions and balanced.

History of the Seventh United States Cavalry Regiment.

Entries cover major wars, battles, military leaders, branches of service, weapons, naval vessels, aircraft, types of warfare, military life, Acts of Congress, peace groups, and cultural influences.

In this book, the author, deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the ten most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a Navy SEAL. He uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun. He revisits turning points in American history, including the single sniper shot...

A look at the times and people of a new democratic government challenged with survival by pirates, wars with England and Mexico, and governing new lands.

A history of the United States Air Force describing its major commands, their designated missions, the men in command, and the men who served both before and after 1947. The US Air Force was created as a separate and independent force in 1947, but its heritage goes back to the creation of the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps in 1907. Since that time it became in turn the Army's Air Service, Air Corps and finally the US Army Air Forces,...