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For the Common Defense

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by Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski


  Crater, Battle of the, 210

  Crawford, William H., 111

  Crazy Horse, 226

  Creek Indians, 24, 28, 31, 32, 41, 71, 96, 104–106, 126–27

  Creek War, 104–105

  Creel, George A., 323

  Croatia, 616–23

  Crook, George, 226, 227

  Crowder, Enoch H., 313

  Crowe, William, 589

  Crowell, Benedict, 316

  Crow Indians, 226

  Crown Point, 31, 34–39, 58, 59

  Cruisers, 238–41, 246, 251, 262, 265, 285, 290, 305, 320, 343, 350–51, 364, 370, 397, 407

  Cuba, 219, 252–54, 271, 284, 289, 294, 300, 301, 503–506, 571, 586, 647, 650

  Bay of Pigs, 504

  Castro regime, 494, 503–506

  independence, 271–73

  missile crisis, 505–506

  in Spanish-American War, 254–56, 261–66, 268

  Cuban Revolution, 252–53

  Cu Chi, 533

  Cumberland River, 149, 151, 159, 165, 166

  Curtis, Samuel, 166

  Curtiss, Glenn, 291, 299

  Custer, George A., 226–27

  Dahlgren, John A., 197

  Dale, Richard, 93

  Dale, Sir Thomas, 2

  DANIEL BOONE, 551–52

  Daniels, Josephus, 288, 315, 319

  Darlan, Jean Francois, 401

  “Davids,” 199

  Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 384

  Davis, Charles H., 168

  Davis, Dwight, 359

  Davis, Jefferson, 145, 148, 149, 153, 162, 169, 172, 176, 178, 180, 192, 194, 197, 198, 200, 204, 206, 207, 211, 213

  Davis, Richard H., 264

  Dayton Peace Accords, 620, 621

  D-Day, 413, 420–21

  Dearborn, Henry, 99, 101

  Declaration of Independence, 60

  Declaration of the United Nations, 377

  Declaratory Act, 46

  Defense, Department of, 451, 461, 463, 478, 485, 488–89, 495, 497, 568, 578, 584–85, 589, 610, 631, 634, 679

  Defense, Secretary of, 449–50, 461, 489, 497–500

  Defense Production Act (1950), 464

  “Defense Test Day” (1924), 355

  De Gaulle, Charles, 502

  Delaware River, 62, 63

  De La Warr, Lord, 2

  DELIBERATE FORCE, 621, 623

  Delta Force, 615, 643, 661, 662

  Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 472, 473, 516, 519, 529, 558

  Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), 511

  Denfield, Louis E., 450

  DePuy, William E., 536, 542

  DESERT FOX, 627, 635, 654

  Desertion, 51, 53, 54, 61, 125, 205–206, 248

  Civil War, 205–206, 213, 214

  Vietnam War, 543, 549, 561, 564

  DESERT SHIELD, 596–600

  DESERT STORM, 601–605, 666

  Destroyers, 319, 320, 343, 350, 351, 364, 369, 373, 394, 395, 397, 434, 437, 516

  Deterrence, 441–42, 445–48, 462, 475–506, 567, 572, 578, 611

  New Look, 478–96

  Detroit, 28, 45, 70, 71, 99

  Dewey, George, 256, 259–61, 265, 267, 273, 287

  Dharan, 629

  Diaz, Porfirio, 283

  Dick, Charles W., 295–96

  Dickerson, Mahlon, 115

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 512–15

  Dien Bien Phu, 492, 511, 539

  Dillon, Douglas, 539

  Disease, 2, 13, 40, 130, 135, 139, 141, 220, 224, 226, 275, 280–81, 301

  in Civil War, 175, 205, 213, 214, 216

  colonial era, 2, 13, 15, 19

  in Spanish-American War, 269–70

  in World War I, 328, 337

  in World War II, 390, 399

  Distant early warning (DEW) radar line, 465

  Dodge, Grenville M., 270–71, 292

  DOG, 371

  Dominican Republic, 284, 302, 506

  Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), Battle of, 547

  Doniphan, Alexander W., 137

  Donitz, Karl, 391, 392, 395–96

  Doolittle Commission, 451

  Dorchester Heights, 59

  Dostum, Abdul Rashid, 640, 643

  Douglass, Frederick, 183

  Douhet, Giulio, 348, 361

  Downes, John, 124

  Downie, George, 103

  Draft, 83, 244, 449

  in Civil War, 183–89, 205, 206

  colonial, 8, 40

  French (1793), 76

  in Korean War, 462–64

  in Vietnam War, 525–27, 549, 568

  in World War I, 312–14, 320, 324–25

  in World War II, 370, 381–82, 426

  Dreadnought, 287

  DROPSHOT, 446

  Drummond, Gordon, 102–103

  Drunkenness, 125, 328

  Dual-army tradition, 50–57, 82–87

  Duarte, Jose Napoleon, 586

  DUCK HOOK, 545–46, 557

  Dugan, Michael, 599

  Dukakis, Michael, 588

  Dulles, Allen, 477

  Dulles, John Foster, 479, 491, 493

  Dung, Van Tien, 565

  Dunkirk Agreement (1946), 442

  Dunmore, Lord, 50, 70

  DuPont, Samuel, 190, 197

  Eaker, Ira, 409, 411–12

  Early, Jubal, 211, 212

  Easter Offensive, 551, 556–59, 562

  Eban, Horace, 255

  Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 389, 448–49, 450

  Economic mobilization:

  interwar period, 355–63

  in World War I, 307, 310, 314–18, 323–25, 345

  in World War II, 381–91

  Education, 93, 117–21, 126, 162, 242–43, 245, 297, 305

  Egypt, 240, 493, 494, 575, 576, 585, 586, 595, 607, 628, 629, 672

  8th Air Force, 409–415, 421

  8th Army, 383, 399, 403, 415, 435

  8th Corps, 267, 274

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 600, 604

  81st Infantry Division, 419

  82d Airborne Division, 402, 426, 506, 596, 600, 659

  Einstein, Albert, 437

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 358, 449, 467, 474, 475, 507, 577

  arms control and, 477–79, 486–87

  defense policy, 477–87, 488–96

  Korean War and, 474

  as SACEUR, 466

  Vietnam and, 511–14

  in World War II, 378, 397, 401, 402, 405, 411, 420, 425–27, 433, 434, 436

  Eisenhower Doctrine, 493–94

  El Alamein, 399

  El Brazito, Battle of, 137

  El Caney, Battle of, 264–65

  Elements of Military Art and Science (Halleck), 119

  Ellis, Earl H., 353

  El Salvador, 581, 586, 591–92, 607

  Emancipation Proclamation, 179, 181–82, 183, 189, 217

  Embargo Act (1807), 94

  Endicott, William C., 240

  ENDURING FREEDOM, 640–50, 651, 682

  Enfield rifles, 317

  Enforcement Acts, 232

  ENHANCE, 564

  Eniwetok, 417, 445, 464

  Enlightenment, 75

  Enlisted Reserve Corps, 344

  Enterprise, 483

  Enthoven, Alain C., 497, 498

  Ericsson, John, 199

  Erie Indians, 23, 24

  Espionage, 189, 443

  Espionage Act of 1917, 323

  Ethiopia, 571, 586

  Ethnic cleansing, 618, 619, 620

  European Defense Community (EDC), 466, 490

  EUSAK, 457–60, 464, 468–71

  Eutaw Springs, Battle of, 69

  Eventual Army, 90

  Ewell, Richard, 192, 193

  Executive Order 9981 (1948), 452

  Expansible Army concept, 112–13

  Ezra Church, Battle of, 211

  F–4 Phantom, 521

  F–14, 582

  F–15, 596, 602

  F–86 “Saber” jets, 470

  F–105 Thunderchief, 521

  F
–111F bomber, 582, 602

  F–117A Stealth attack bomber, 588, 600, 602, 657

  Fahd ibn Abdul-Aziz, 594

  Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), Battle of, 172

  Falkland Islands crisis, 579–80

  Fallen Timbers, Battle of, 86, 95

  Fallujah, Second Battle of, 667–68

  Far East Air Force (FEAF), 375, 416, 417, 463, 470–71

  Farragut, David G., 168, 169, 190, 200, 212, 259

  FATA, 649, 678

  Fechet, James, 361–62

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 538, 630, 631, 636

  Federalists, 87, 88, 89–95, 96–97, 107, 108

  Feith, Douglas, 635, 636

  Ferguson, Patrick, 67, 68

  Fermi, Enrico, 437

  Field artillery, 297

  5th Air Force, 399, 416, 470

  Fifth Army, 403

  5th Corps, 262–66, 269, 270

  5th Fleet, 417–18, 436

  5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 458

  15th Air Force, 412, 413

  15th German Army, 421–23

  Filipino Federal Party, 278

  Finletter Commission, 446

  Fire direction systems, 352

  1st Aero Squadron, 299

  1st Alabama Cavalry, 147

  1st American Regiment, 80–81, 84, 120, 228

  1st Army, 334–38

  1st Cavalry Division, 529, 561, 598, 666

  First Continental Congress, 43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54–57, 64, 73, 77

  1st Division, 330, 336

  First Indochinese War, 511, 513

  1st Infantry Division, 598, 604, 666

  1st Kansas Colored Volunteers, 182

  1st Logistical Command, 525

  1st Louisiana Native Guards, 182

  1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 471

  1st Marine Division, 419, 458, 459, 468

  1st Missouri Mounted volunteers, 137

  First Reconstruction Act, 230

  1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, 182

  1st U.S. Army, 423, 433, 436

  Fisher, Charles, 113

  Fisher’s Hill, Battle of, 212

  Fiske, Bradley, 288, 346

  Fitch, John, 114

  V Corps, 655, 656

  Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, 23–25, 28, 36, 71

  Five Power Treaty, 342, 343, 350

  Five Year Defense Plan, 498

  FLAMING DART, 517

  Fleet ballistic missile (FBM), 484

  Fleet Marine Force (FMF), 354, 406, 447–49

  Flexible response, 496–506, 567

  Flintlock musket, 4, 11, 114

  Flogging, 125–26

  Floyd, John, 162

  FMLN, 591, 592

  Foch, Ferdinand, 326, 327, 334

  Food and Fuel Act (1917), 317

  Food Production (Lever) Act of 1917, 317

  Fool’s Errand, A (Tourgee), 228

  Foote, Andrew H., 166, 168

  Forbes, John, 37, 38, 41, 43, 52

  Ford, Gerald R., 565, 589, 634

  Formosa, 399, 418

  Forrest, Nathan B., 162, 167, 169, 179

  Forrestal, James V., 384, 448–50

  Fort Armstrong, 123

  Fort Beausejour, 35, 36

  Fort Bowyer, 105

  Fort Crawford, 123

  Fort Dearborn, 99

  Fort Donelson, 165, 166

  Fort Drum, 303

  Fort Duquesne, 35–39, 52

  Fort Edwards, 123

  Fort Erie, 101, 102, 103

  Fort Fisher, 213

  Fort Frontenac, 38

  Fort George, 101, 102

  Fort Greenville, 86

  Fort Henry, 165, 166

  Fort Howard, 123

  Fortifications, 2, 79, 92, 94, 109, 110, 123

  coastal defenses, 110–11, 236–41, 282, 347, 352

  colonial, 2, 6–7, 9–10, 31–33

  Fortifications Appropriations Act (1885), 240

  Fort Jackson, 168

  Fort Knox, 85

  Fort Lee, 62

  Fort Mackinac, 123

  Fort Malden, 99

  Fort McHenry, 104, 110

  Fort Mercer, 63, 72

  Fort Miami, 86

  Fort Michilimackinac, 99

  Fort Mifflin, 63, 72

  Fort Mims, 104

  Fort Monroe, 170, 208

  Fort Niagara, 102

  Fort Orange, 24

  Fort Oswego, 31, 36, 37

  Fort Pitt, 45

  Fort Pulaski, 168

  Fort Recovery, 86

  Fort St. George, 32

  Fort St. Philip, 168

  Fort Stanwix, 64

  Fort Stedman, 213

  Fort Sumter, 142, 154, 155

  Fort Ticonderoga, 34, 36, 38, 39, 58, 59, 63–64

  Fort Washington, 62, 85

  Fort William Henry, 37

  Forward and collective defense, 475, 477, 490, 491–92

  Foulois, Benjamin D., 333

  Four Freedoms, 377

  Four Power Treaty, 343

  4th Brigade, 329

  4th Infantry Division, 655, 658, 661, 662, 670

  Fourteen Points, 311–12, 323, 339

  14th Air Force, 430

  Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, 229

  442nd Regimental Combat Team, 382

  Fox, Gustavus V., 198

  Fox Indians, 127

  Fragging, 561

  Franklin, Battle of, 212–13

  Franklin, William B., 178

  Franks, Tommy, 641–49, 652, 655, 656, 659

  Fredericksburg, Battle of, 178, 179, 190, 215–16

  Frederick the Great, 50, 118, 432

  Freedmen’s Bureau, 228–30, 231

  FREEDOM DEAL, 554, 556

  Freeman’s Farm, Battle of, 64

  Fremont, John C., 122, 136, 137, 159, 161, 170, 171, 173

  French and Indian War, 8, 9, 35–40, 44, 52, 58

  French Revolution, 75–76, 88, 89, 118, 119

  French 6th Light Armored Division, 600

  Fries, John, 90

  Fries’ Rebellion, 90, 94

  Frigates, 95 and n., 99, 109

  Frontenac, Count, 25, 27

  Front Royal, 171

  Fry, James B., 185

  Fullam, William F., 288, 346

  Fulminates, 114

  Fulton, 115, 116

  Fulton, Robert, 114, 115

  Funston, Frederick, 279

  Fur trade, 21–25, 28, 41, 45, 80, 123

  FW–190, 411

  Gaddafi, Muammar, 582, 671

  Gadsden Purchase, 121

  Gage, Thomas, 45, 47, 48, 51, 58

  Gaines, Edmund R., 102, 133

  Gaines’ Mill, Battle of, 173

  Gaither Committee, 484, 487

  Gamble, Hamilton R., 159

  GAME WARDEN, 535

  Garcia, Calixto, 263

  Garrison, Lindley M., 306

  Garrison troops, 6, 7, 9–10

  Gas, 335, 337, 597, 600, 627

  Gates, Horatio, 64, 65, 67, 68

  Gates, Robert M., 670, 679

  Gates, Sir Thomas, 2

  Gates, Thomas S., 485, 489

  Gatling, Richard, 115

  Gavin, James M., 491, 497

  Gemayel, Bashir, 581

  General Board, 287, 288, 290, 291, 304, 340, 350, 353, 365

  General Munitions Board, 316

  General Offensive-General Uprising, 540–41, 565

  General Staff, 111 and n., 112, 120, 244, 293–96, 304, 312, 314, 324, 344, 347, 348, 355–66, 396, 448

  General Staff Act (1903), 293

  General Survey Act (1824), 122

  Geneva Accords (1954), 493, 511, 562

  Geneva Convention, 646

  George III, King of England, 47, 49, 58–60

  Germain, Lord George, 50, 63

  German General Staff, 243–44, 251, 293, 295, 310

  German High Seas Fleet, 286

  German rearmament, 466–67, 490–
91

  Germantown, Battle of, 63

  “Germany First” strategy, 371, 374, 377–78, 381, 397

  Gettysburg, Battle of, 193–94

  Gettysburg Address, 217

  Ghent, Treaty of (1814), 106, 107

  GHQ Air Force, 362–63

  Gibbon, John, 226, 227

  Gifford, Walter S., 316

  Gilbert Islands, 406, 417

  Gillmore, Quincy A., 197

  Gilpatric, Roswell, 497

  GLCMs (ground-launched cruise missiles), 574, 579, 580

  Glendale (Frayser’s Farm), Battle of, 173

  Global Hawk drone, 641

  Godfrey, Hollis, 316

  Goethals, George W., 301, 324, 331

  Goldberg, Arthur, 539, 542

  Goldwater, Barry, 570

  Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act (1986), 588–89

  Gomez, Maximo, 252, 262

  Gone With the Wind (Mitchell), 214

  Gonzales, Alberto, 646

  Gooch, William, 32

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 578, 579, 580, 586, 590, 594

  Gorgas, Josiah, 204, 205

  Gorgas, William C., 301

  GPS devices, 612, 641

  Graduate schools, 119

  Grant, Ulysses S., 152, 159, 162–67, 172, 178, 179, 182, 190–97, 207–214, 228–30, 232, 250

  Grasse, Comte de, 69, 70, 74

  Great Bridge, Battle of, 50, 59

  Great Depression, 341, 350, 363

  Great Pacific War, The (Bywater), 354–55

  Great Sioux War, 226

  Great Swamp Fight, 16–17

  Great War for Empire, 34–40, 44, 49, 52

  Greece, 442–43, 466, 477

  Greenbacks, 144

  Greene, Nathanael, 65, 67, 68–69, 74, 162

  GREENHOUSE, 464

  Greenville, Treaty of, 86, 87

  Grenada, 583, 607, 686

  Grenades, 329

  Groves, Leslie R., 438

  Gruenther, Alfred M., 491

  Guadalcanal, 397

  Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, 141

  Guam, 267–69, 271, 340, 365, 369, 375, 406, 418

  Guantanamo Bay, 261, 266, 289

  naval base (GTMO), 647

  Guerrillas, 161, 221, 252, 302, 444, 477, 577, 624

  in American Revolution, 49, 60, 63, 68, 69

  in Civil War, 152, 159, 161, 214

  in Cold War, 504

  contras, 577, 585, 586, 589, 592

  Indian, 6–7, 10–13, 17, 41, 42

  in Korean War, 454

  in Mexican War, 139, 140

  in Philippines, 273–80

  in Vietnam War, 540, 558

  in World War II, 376, 429, 434

  Guevara, Che, 494, 503, 571

  Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, 69

  Gulf Cooperation Council, 595

  Gulf of Sidra, 582, 589

  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 478, 516–17, 537, 553, 640

  Gulf War (1991), 593–605, 606, 609, 625–26, 629, 652, 660, 682

  Gunboat diplomacy, 220

  Gunboats, 93–94, 100, 103, 109, 145, 166, 168, 178, 239, 350

  Gun Foundry Board, 240–41

  Gunpowder, 4, 11, 72, 73

  Gustav Line, 403

  Habeas corpus, writ of, 159, 189, 206, 229, 232

  Habeas Corpus Act (1863), 189, 230

 

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