This is a bibliography of works on the military history of the United States.

Surveys

Allison, William T. Jeffrey G. Grey, Janet G. Valentine. American Military History: A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present (2nd ed. 2012) 416 pp

Anderson, Fred, ed. The Oxford Companion to American Military History (2000)

Black, Jeremy. Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519–1871 (2011) Boyne, Walter J. Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947–2007 (2007) excerpt and text search, popular Chambers, ed. John Whiteclay. The Oxford Guide to American Military History (1999) Futrell, Robert Frank. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: A History of Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force (2 vol. 1979) Doughty, Robert. American Military History and the Evolution of Western Warfare, (1996)

Hearn, Chester G. Air Force: An Illustrated History: The U.S. Air Force from 1910 to the 21st Century (2008), popular excerpt and text search Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775–1998 (1999) excerpt and text search; a standard history Huston, James A. The Sinews of War: Army Logistics, 1775–1953 (1966), U.S. Army; 755 pp Love, Robert W. History of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1941 (1992) and History of the U.S. Navy, 1942–1991 (1992) vol 1 excerpt and text search; vol 2 excerpt and text search; a standard history Matloff, Maurice, ed. American Military History (1996) full text online ; standard textbook used in ROTC; Now replaced by Richard Stewart 2010 Millett, Allan R., and Peter Maslowski, and William B. Feis. For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America (3rd ed. 2013) Millett, Allan R. Semper Fidelis. A History of the United States Marine Corps (1991)

Muehlbauer, Matthew S., and David J. Ulbrich. Ways of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2013), 536 pp; university textbook; online review Stewart, Richard W. American military history (2 vol 2010)

Weigley, Russell Frank. History of the United States Army (1967) Weigley, Russell Frank. The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) excerpt and text search

Historiography Ferris, John. "Coming in from the cold war: The historiography of American intelligence, 1945–1990." Diplomatic History 19.1 (1995): 87–115.

Grimsley, Mark. "The American military history master narrative: Three textbooks on the American military experience," Journal of Military History (2015) 79#3 pp 782–802; review of Allison, Millett, and Muehlbauer textbooks

Millett, Allan R. "The Korean War: A 50-year critical historiography." Journal of Strategic Studies 24.1 (2001): 188–224 online. Romero, Federico. "Cold War historiography at the crossroads." Cold War History 14.4 (2014): 685–703.

Atlases

Esposito, Vincent J. West Point Atlas of American Wars. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. Esposito, Vincent J. The West Point Atlas of American Wars: 1900–1918 (1997), covers entire war, not just US role Griess, Thomas E. Atlas for the Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean (2002) Griess, Thomas E. West Point Atlas for the Second World War: Asia and the Pacific (2002) Griess, Thomas E. West Point Atlas for the American Civil War (2002) Griess, Thomas E. The West Point Atlas for Modern Warfare (2011) Griess, Thomas E. West Point Atlas for the Great War: Strategies and Tactics of the First World War (2003) Murray, Stuart. Atlas of American Military History (2005)

Pre-1775

Anderson, Fred. The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War (2006) excerpt and text search Grenier, John. The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607–1814 (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Starkey, A. European and Native American Warfare, 1675–1815 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1998) Steele, Ian. Warpaths: Invasions of North America (Oxford University Press, 1994). Tucker, Spencer C., James Arnold, and Roberta Wiener eds. The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775: A Political, Social, and Military History (2008) excerpt and text search

1775–1800

Alden, John R. A History of the American Revolution (1989), general survey; strong on military () Black, Jeremy. America as a Military Power: From the American Revolution to the Civil War (2002) Carp, E. Wayne. "Early American Military History: A Review of Recent Work", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 94 (1986), pp. 259–284. Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, and Richard A. Ryerson, eds. The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History (ABC-CLIO, 2006) 5 volume paper and online editions; 1000 entries by 150 experts, covering all topics Higginbotham, Don. The War of American Independence: Military Attitudes, Policies, and Practice, 1763–1789 (1971, 1983). an analytical history of the war online via ACLS Humanities E-Book. Lancaster, Bruce. The American Revolution (American Heritage Library) () (1985), heavily illustrated Maass, John R. Defending a New Nation, 1783–1811 . Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History, 2013. McCullough, David (2005). 1776. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. () Middlekauff, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 (2nd ed. 2007)

1800–1860

Bauer K. Jack. The Mexican War, 1846–1848. (1974), good on military action. Black, Jeremy. America as a Military Power: From the American Revolution to the Civil War (2002) Crawford, Mark et al. eds. Encyclopedia of the Mexican War (1999) () Frazier, Donald S. ed. The U.S. and Mexico at War, (1998), 584; an encyclopedia with 600 articles by 200 scholars Heidler, Donald & Jeanne T. Heidler (eds) Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (2nd ed 2004) 636 pp; most comprehensive guide to this war; 500 entries by 70 scholars from several countries Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T. The War of 1812. (2002). 217 pp. short survey Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T. The Mexican War. (2005). 225 pp. basic survey, with some key primary sources Herrera, Ricardo A. For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775–1861 (New York University Press, 2015) online review Hickey, Donald R. Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812. (2006) Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. (1990), standard scholarly history Johnson, Timothy D. Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory (1998) McCaffrey, James M. Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846–1848 (1994)excerpt and text search Quimby, Robert S., The US Army in the War of 1812: an operational and command study (1997) Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812 (1882) full text online, by the future president Smith, Justin H. The War with Mexico 2 vol (1919); Pulitzer Prize; 2:233–252; online vol 1; online vol 2 Pulitzer Prize winner. Winders, Richard Price. Mr. Polk's Army (1997) excerpt and text search, focus on the soldiers

Civil War

Beringer, Richard E., Archer Jones, and Herman Hattaway. The Elements of Confederate Defeat: Nationalism, War Aims, and Religion (1988) Carter, Alice E. and Richard Jensen. The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites (2nd ed. 2003) excerpt and text search Catton, Bruce. Centennial History of the Civil War (3 vols. 1961–65); Catton has many very well written books on the war Current, Richard N., et al. eds. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (1993) (4 Volume set; also 1 vol abridged version) Donald, David et al. The Civil War and Reconstruction (2001); 700 pages Faust, Patricia L., ed. Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War (1986) () 2000 short entries Fellman, Michael et al. This Terrible War: The Civil War and its Aftermath (2nd ed. 2007), 544 pages Heidler, David Stephen, ed. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2002), 1600 entries in 2700 pages in 5 vol or 1-vol editions McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988), 900 pages; excerpt and text search Nevins, Allan. Ordeal of the Union, an 8-volume set (1947–1971). the most detailed political, economic and military narrative; by Pulitzer Prize winner vol 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847–1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852–1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857–1859; 4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859–1861; 5. The Improvised War, 1861–1862; 6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862–1863; 7. The Organized War, 1863–1864; 8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865 Rhodes, James Ford. History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918), old, accurate survey; won Pulitzer prize Shannon, Fred. The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861–1865 (2 vol 1928) vol 1 excerpt and text search; vol 2 excerpt and text search Symonds, Craig L. and William J. Clipson. A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War (1993) schematic maps that are easy to understand

1865–1917

Abrahamson, James L. America Arms for a New Century: The Making of a Great Military Power (1981), examines reformers and modernizers Coffman, Edward M. The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784–1898 (1986). Cosmas, Graham A. An Army for Empire: The United States Army and the Spanish–American War (1971), looks at organization, not combat Holmes, James R. Theodore Roosevelt and World Order: Police Power in International Relations. (2006). Roosevelt, Theodore The Naval War of 1812 (1900) systematic study of the US Navy's role in the War of 1812 Trask, David F. The War with Spain in 1898 (1996), 654 pp excerpt and text search, the most detailed scholarly coverage Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973)

World War I

Chambers, John W., II. To Raise an Army: The Draft Comes to Modern America (1987) Clark, J. P. Preparing for War: The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815–1917 (Harvard UP, 2017) 336 pp. Coffman, Edward M. The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I (1998), a standard history Faulkner, Richard S. Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I (U Press of Kansas, 2017). xiv, 758 pp Freidel, Frank. Over There (1964), well illustrated history by scholar Hurley, Alfred F. Billy Mitchell, Crusader for Air Power (1975) Morrow, John H. Jr. A Yankee Ace in the RAF. The World War I Letters of Captain Boart Rogers (1996), Editor, . Kennedy, David M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1982) Koistinen, Paul. Mobilizing for Modern War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1865–1919 (2004) Smythe, Donald. Pershing: General of the Armies (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1986) Vandiver, Frank E. Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing – Volume II (Texas A&M University Press, Third printing, 1977) Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (1995) Weigley, Russell Frank. History of the United States army (1967) Woodward, David R. The American Army and the First World War (Cambridge University Press, 2014). 484 pp. online review

Interwar

Coffman, Edward M. The Regulars: The American Army, 1898–1941 (2007) excerpt and text search Koistinen, Paul A. C. Planning War, Pursuing Peace: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1920–1939 (1998) excerpt and text search

World War II

Ambrose, Stephen. The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1999) excerpt and text search James, D. Clayton. The Years of Macarthur 1941–1945 (1975), vol 2. of standard scholarly biography Koistinen, Paul A. C. Arsenal of World War II: the political economy of American warfare, 1940–1945? (2004) Larrabee, Eric. Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War (2004), chapters on all the key American war leaders excerpt and text search