Well-received in its first edition, this candid and popular study provides an interesting, "readable" account of American military history from the late fifteenth-century British-French Wars in Colonial America to the recent Gulf War. Written in an easy-to-understand manner void of extraneous detail, the book integrates innovative and fascinating mini-biographies of key figures in U.S. military history, giving readers added insight and the opportunity to gain an appreciation of these remarkable people throughout their careers. It examines the impact of technology on warfare with descriptions and photographs of weapons of war from earliest times to the present; adds a final chapter to update coverage of American military developments; reflects the changes that have taken place in the world, the nation, and the military services since 1990; and supplements material with approximately 50 quality illustrations and 20 informative maps. For service academy historians; military history departments.

詹姆斯·M·莫裏斯（James M. Morris），軍事史專傢。1969年獲辛辛那提大學博士學位，現任弗吉尼亞州剋裏斯托弗紐波特大學名譽教授。莫裏斯教授著述頗豐，曾於1979年齣版專著《我們的海洋傳統》，並在其研究領域發錶瞭大量學術論文。