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American military history, from Colonials to counterinsurgents, General Wesley K. Clark

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American military history

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General Wesley K. Clark

Great courses. History. Military

from Colonials to counterinsurgents

Wars have played a crucial role in defining the United States and its place in the world. No one is better equipped to analyze this subject in depth than retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark?decorated combat veteran, author, Rhodes Scholar, and former NATO Supreme Commander. In this 24-lecture course, Gen. Clark explores the full scope of America?s armed conflicts, from the French and Indian War in the mid 18th century to the Global War on Terrorism in the 21st. Gen. Clark sheds light on the tactics and strategy behind such famous battles as Yorktown, New Orleans, Gettysburg, D-Day, Inchon, and Operation Desert Storm, plus many others. He also recounts his own experiences in combat during the Vietnam War, which he barely survived. Through his incisive commentary, you learn that the perfect time to attack is when an opposing force is separated, distracted, and disorganized due to crossing an obstacle such as a river, as happened to British Gen. Edward Braddock?s troops while fording the Monongahela River during the French and Indian War. You also learn that the fall of Fort Donelson during the Civil War was due to incoherent strategy by the Confederates, combined with brilliant tactics by Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Among dozens of other examples, Gen. Clark covers his own strategy for halting Serbian ethnic cleansing during Operation Allied Force in 1999, when he was the general in charge.

Vol. 1. Disc 1. America : forged in war -- George Washington takes command -- Disc 2. Redcoats fall to the Continental Army -- Andrew Jackson and the War of 1812 -- Disc 3. The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 -- Opening volleys of the Civil War:1861-1862 -- Disc 4. The Civil War's main front: 1862 -- Vicksburg to Gettysburg:1862-1863 -- Disc 5. Chattanooga to Appomattox:1863-1865 -- The Spanish-American War of 1898 -- Disc 6. American expeditionary forces:1917-1918 -- John J. Pershing, the Doughboys, and FranceVol. 2. Disc 7. From Pearl harbor to the Battle of Midway -- War in North Africa and the South Pacific -- Disc 8. Air power over Germany: toward Japan by sea -- From Normandy to Berlin and Tokyo -- Disc 9. Korea and the Cold War -- The United States enters Vietnam -- Disc 10. Elusive victory in Southeast Asia -- American Forces in Grenada and Panama -- Disc 11. Knocking Iraq out of Kuwait -- Balkan Wars:Bosnia and Kosovo -- Disc 12. Afghanistan, Iraq, and terrorism -- Facing wars past and future

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