With an emphasis on post-Vietnam operations and detailed information on the technological component of the force?s military might, distinguished historian Chester Hearn follows the U. S. Army through its combat history?the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, various Indian wars, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, the first Gulf war, and Afghanistan and Iraq?offering a complete and thoroughly fascinating account of an armed force ever remaking itself to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world.