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World of War

A History of American Warfare from Jamestown to the War on Terror
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World of War is an epic journey through America's array of wars for diverse reasons with diverse results over the course of its existence. It reveals the crucial effects of brilliant, mediocre, and dismal military and civilian leaders; the dynamic among America's expanding economic power, changing technologies, and the types and settings of its wars; and the human, financial, and moral costs to the nation, its allies, and its enemies. Nester explores the violent conflicts of the United States--on land, at sea, and in the air--with meticulous scholarship, thought-provoking analysis, and vivid prose.
William Nester is a professor at St. John's University in Queens, New York. He has written more than two dozen books on global politics/power and the history of warfare, including books about Europe's colonial wars in North America, Napoleon, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles De Gaulle, and Winston Churchill. His book George Rogers Clark: "I Glory in War" received a 2013 Distinguished Writing Award from the Army Historical Foundation; bestselling author Douglas Brinkley praised it as "an important contribution to early U.S. history." He lives in Fresh Meadows, New York.
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