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The United States Army A Chronology, 1775 to the Present captures the full sweep of the U.S. Armys place in our nations history. Its series of concise, yet highly informative, entries cover all important events involving American ground troopsboth successes and failures, in wartime and in peacefrom the American Revolutionary War to the present.In a basic chronological format anchored to specific dates, The United States Army reports on all significant military engagementsmajor conflicts and isolated actionsbut goes well beyond the battlefield to include significant political and administrative changes affecting the military, notable events in the careers of generals and soldiers, significant military texts, the foundation of noted schools of instruction, and military minutae such as pay scales and creation of a general staff.