America At War - Concise Histories Of U.S. Military Conflicts From Lexington To Afghanistan (47 page)

Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz, 291

Iceland, 185, 195

Illinois, 16, 52, 148

Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
See
Japan/Japanese

impressment of U.S. sailors by British, 28, 29, 34, 41, 42, 43

Inchon, Korea, 240, 242, 243, 250, 252

Incirlik, Turkey, 295

Independence (1775-1783), 1–24,
2,
355–356

India, 29, 193, 199, 225

Indiana, 16

Indochina, 259

Infanta Maria Teresa
(Spanish flagship), 111

intelligence work, 197, 216, 218, 219

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 347, 348, 350, 352, 353

In the Graveyard of Empires
(Jones), 347

Iowa, 147

Iowa class battleships, 230, 231, 298

Iran, 293, 294, 311, 318

Iranian National Railway, 183

Iraq

Gulf War (1990-1991), 285–313,
286,
287,
288,
289,
318, 319, 322, 363–364

Iraq War (2003-2011), 315–340,
316,
347, 364

World War I (1914-1918), 133

Iraq War, The: A Military History
(Murray and Scales), 329

Ireland, 142, 148

Iron Triangle, Vietnam, 271

isolationism, 179

Isonzo River, 135

Israel, 133, 304–305

Istanbul, 137

Italy/Italians

Afghanistan (2001-2014), 347

World War I (1914-1918), 134–135, 164, 167

World War II (1939-1945), 180, 187, 190, 191–193, 194, 198, 201, 234

Iuka, MS, 87

Iwo Jima, 226–227, 228, 229

Jackson, Andrew, 42, 48, 56

Jackson, MS, 88

Jackson, Thomas “Stone Wall,” 72, 78

Jackson State College, 278

James River, 73

Japan/Japanese

Korea (1950-1953), 239, 246, 248

Pearl Harbor, 178–179, 183, 185, 186, 212, 215, 216, 223, 231–232

Vietnam (1965-1975), 280

World War I (1914-1918), 136

World War II (1939-1945), 178–179, 180, 181, 187, 212–223, 214, 215–216, 216–218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228–229, 230, 231–232, 232, 234, 235–236

Java Sea, 42, 215, 229

Jefferson, Thomas, 32, 56, 80

Jellicoe, Sir John, 142, 143, 149

Jerusalem, 133

jet-powered aircraft, 251

Jews, 211

Joffre, Joseph, 126–127, 128–129, 136, 137, 138, 139

Johnson, Lyndon B., 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263–264, 265–266, 267, 269–270, 274, 276, 278, 283

Johnston, Albert Sidney, 86, 87

Johnston, Joseph, 90, 91, 96

Jones, John Paul, 12, 16

Jones, Seth G., 346, 347

Jordan, 133

Juno Beach, 205, 206

Jutland Peninsula, 142

Kabul, Afghanistan, 343, 347, 349, 352

Kaiser, Henry J., 184

Kajaki plant, Afghanistan, 349

kamikazes (suicide) strikes, 229, 230, 235

Kansas, 53

Karbala Gap, Iraq, 325, 332, 333

Karzai, Hamid, 346–347, 348, 350

Kaskaskia, IL, 16

Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, 189

Kearny, Philip, 99–100

Kearny, Stephen W., 53–54

Keegan, John, 131, 139, 140

Kelly, Michael, 333

Kennedy, John F., 258, 259, 262

Kenney, George, 181

Kent, England, 202

Kent, Jacob, 110

Kent State University, 278

Kentucky, 3, 4, 16, 52, 71, 77, 78

Kenya, 344

Kerensky, Alexander, 132

Kettle Hill, Cuba, 109, 110

Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 274–275

Kiel, Germany, 164

Kifl, Iraq, 332

Kim Il Sung, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 247, 248, 252

Kindermord,
131

King, Ernest J., 186–187, 221

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 273

King’s Mountain, SC, 17

Kips Bay, NY, 7

Kirkuk, Iraq, 319, 331

Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 218–219

Kissinger, Henry, 277–278, 280–281

Kluck, Alexander von, 127, 128

Know, Henry, 6

Kontum, Vietnam, 279

Korat, Thailand, 264

Korda, Michael, 201

Korea

Korean War (1950-1953), xvii, 237–253,
238

Vietnam (1965-1975), 280

World War II (1939-1945), 231

Kosovo, 134

Krueger, Walter, 230

Kunming, China, 225

Kurds, 330, 331

Kursk, Russia, 234

Kuwait, 133, 290, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 300, 304, 306, 307–308, 310–311, 312, 317, 322, 329

Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 223

Kyushu, Japan, 228

La Angostura, Mexico, 51–52

Lafayette, Marquis de, 14

Lafayette Escadrille, 160

Lake Chalco, 56, 57

Lake Champlain, 5, 40–41, 42

Lake Erie, 30, 35, 36, 42

Lake George, 6

Lake Huron, 31

Lake Ontario, 30, 36

Lake Texcoco, 56

Lake Xochimilco, 56, 57

Lam Son 719, 279

Lancaster, PA, 13

Laos, 214, 259, 261, 269, 272, 279, 284

Las Guasimas, Cuba, 107

Lawrence, James, 37

Lawrence, T. E., 133–134

League of Nations, 180

Leahy, William D., 186–187

Lebanon, 133

Le Cateau, France, 128

Lee, Robert E.

Between the States (1980-1865), 73, 77–78, 78–79, 80, 81, 82, 83–84, 84, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99

Mexico (1846-1848), 55, 57, 62

“Left Hook” (Schwarzkopf),
289,
301, 306

Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, 203

LeMay, Curtis, 224–225, 235, 236

Lend-Lease Program, 182, 183, 292

Lengel, Edward G., 163

Lenin, Vladimir, 132, 258

Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von, 136

Lewiston, NY, 31

Lexington, Kentucky, 3, 4

Leyte Gulf, Philippines, 222–223, 224

Liberty ships, 184

Liggett, Hunter, 156

Linares y Pombo, Arsenio, 107–108, 110–111, 112

Lincoln, Abraham

Between the States (1860-1865), 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80–81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90–91, 97, 105

Mexico (1846-1848), 64

Lincoln, Benjamin, 11, 17

Linebacker, 280, 282, 283

Linebacker II, 281, 283

Little Round Top, PA, 82–83

logistics and war, 105, 129, 208, 298

London, England, 198, 208

Long Island Sound, 7

Longstreet, James, 60, 62, 78, 79, 83

Lookout Mountain, TN, 89

Loos, France, 136, 137

Lorraine, France, 125, 127, 128, 165, 166

Louis (King of France), 11

Louisiana, 34, 42, 48, 70, 76, 88, 95

Louvain, Belgium, 131

Ludendorff, Erich, 131, 132, 140, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 164, 169

Lufbery, Raoul, 160

Luftwaffe, 182, 186, 198, 199, 200, 203, 233

Luke, Frank, 161–162

Luke Air Force Base, AZ, 162

Lundy’s Lane, Canada, 38–39

Lusitania
(Cunard liner), 142

Luxembourg, 209

Luzon Mountains, 116

Lynch, Jessica, 328

Lyon, Nathaniel, 72

MacArthur, Douglas, 292

Korea (1950-1953), 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 250, 252

World War II (1939-1945), 212–213, 214, 220–221, 221–222, 223, 230, 231, 235

Macdonough, Thomas, 41, 43

Macgregor, Douglas, 308

machine guns, 158, 168

Mackensen, August von, 134

Mackinac Island, 31

Madison, James, 28–29, 29–30, 31, 34, 39, 40, 41

Madrid, Spain, 103, 113

Maine, 29, 34, 37, 40

Malaya, 214–215, 236

Malmédy, Belgium, 209

Manassas Junction, VA, 71

Manchuria, 231, 236, 243, 248, 252

Manhattan, NY, 6, 7, 9

Manila, Philippines, xv, 106, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 213, 222

manufacturing industry, WWII, 184, 232

Mao Tse-tung, 225, 248, 259

maps, xvi.
See also
specific wars

Marblehead, MA, 7

Marcy, William, 53

Marianas Islands, 212, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227

Marines.
See
U.S. Marine Corps

Marne, France, 128–129, 130, 138, 153, 155

Marshall, George C., 292

World War I (1914-1918), 153

World War II (1939-1945), 186–187, 188, 191, 193, 200, 213

Marshall Islands, 136, 223

Marx, Karl, 258

Maryland, xv, 4, 24, 33, 34, 38–39, 42, 71, 77, 78, 79–80, 81, 87, 97

Masar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, 350

Massachusetts, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 29, 33, 34, 90

Max (Prince of Germany), 164, 165

McCaffrey, Barry R., xi–xiii

McChrystal, Stanley A., 348

McClellan, George B., 57, 72–73, 77, 78, 79, 80–81, 85, 86, 89, 91, 97

McCone, John, 269

McDowell, Irwin, 71–72

McKiernan, David, 318–319, 319–320, 321–322, 322–323, 324, 327, 332, 334, 348

McKinley, William, 103, 104, 105, 112, 114

McNair, Leslie J., 204, 229

McNamara, Robert, 266, 269, 272–273

McPherson, James M., 91, 92, 94, 98

Meade, George, 62, 81–82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98

media coverage of wars, 273, 274, 333

Medina Ridge, Iraq, 307, 308, 309

Mediterranean Sea, 32, 34, 137

Mediterranean Theater, WWII,
175,
189, 191, 193, 201

Meed, Douglas V., 64

Merrimac
(Union frigate), 74

Merritt, Wesley, 114, 115, 117

Metz, France, 157

Meuse-Argonne, France, 157, 158, 162–163, 171

Mexico

Mexico War (1846-1848), 45–65,
46,
47,
356–357

World War I (1914-1918), 144, 145

MHQ,
351

Michigan, 30, 31, 36

Middle East, 124, 133

Midway Island, xv, 179, 216–218, 219, 220

MiG-15s, 250, 251, 281

Miles, Nelson A., 112–113

military history, U.S.
See
America at war

Milk Cow
(Milchkuh),
196

mine warfare, 76, 149, 150, 202, 227, 296, 303

Minsk, Russia, 183

Minutemen, 3

“Mission Accomplished,” 336

Missionary Ridge, TN, 89

Mississippi, 51, 70, 78, 85, 87, 88–89, 91, 97

Missouri, 54, 71, 86, 88, 162, 322

Mitchell, Billy, 158

Mobile, AL, 42, 76, 95

Mohawk Valley, 9

Molina del Rey, Mexico, 59

Moltke, Helmuth von, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131

Monmouth Court House, NJ, 15, 16

Mons, Belgium, 128

Montauk Point, Long Island, 114

Montdidier, France, 153

Montenegro, 134

Monterrey, Mexico, 50–51, 54, 62

Montgomery, AL, 70

Montgomery, Bernard “Monty,” 189, 190, 201, 202, 205, 207, 208–209, 211–212

Montgomery, Richard, 5, 6

Montreal, Canada, 5, 36

Moraviantown, Canada, 35

Morgan, Daniel, 11, 18

Morgan, Sir Frederick, 201

Morgan Guarantee Trust, NY, 299

Morocco, 189, 190, 194, 296

Mosul, Iraq, 319

Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 226, 227

Mubarak, Hosni, 290

Mullen, Mike, 347

Murmansk, Russia, 183

Murray, Williamson, 329, 330

Mussolini, Benito, 187, 190

My Lai, Vietnam, 276

Nagasaki, Japan, 230, 235–236

Nairobi, Kenya, 344

Najaf, Iraq, 324, 332

Namibia, Africa, 136

Nancy, France, 129

Naples, Italy, 191, 192

Napoleon Bonaparte, 29, 34, 37, 38, 152

NASA, 158

Nashville, TN, 87

Nassau, 75

national anthem (American), 39, 43

National Broadcasting Company, 219

nation building, 346, 349, 350

Native Americans, 5, 10, 15, 28, 30, 31, 35

Nautilus
(British brig), 42

Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, 310

navies.
See
Royal Navy; U.S. Navy

Nazi Germany, 179, 180, 182, 183, 187, 198, 209, 211, 212, 232, 233, 234

Neillands, Robin H., 88, 93

Netherlands/Dutch, 166, 198, 249, 304, 347

Nevada, 49, 64

New Britain, 218, 221, 222

New Carthage, MO, 88

New England, 90

Newfoundland, 180, 184–185

New Georgia Islands, 221

New Guinea, 181, 215–216, 218, 221

New Hampshire, 4, 24

New Jersey, 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16

New Mexico, 49, 53, 64

New Orleans, LA, 42, 76, 88, 95

Newport, RI, 11, 15, 19

New York, xv, 6–7, 8, 9–10, 11, 14–15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 31, 36, 38, 40–41, 78, 85, 220, 344, 345

New Zealand/New Zealanders, 137, 193, 249, 269, 296

Niagara River, 30–31, 38

Nieuport 17s, 161

Nimitz, Chester, 216–217, 218, 221, 223, 231, 235

Nivelle, Robert, 139, 140, 151

Nixon, Richard, 277–278, 278–279, 280, 281–282, 282, 283

Nobel Prize, 158

Norden bombsight, 199

Norfolk, Iraq, 307

Norfolk, VA, 74

Normandy, France, xv, 191, 193, 194, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 220, 246, 320

North, Lord Frederick, 20

North Africa, 188–190, 194

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 347

North Carolina, 10, 17, 18, 19, 24, 71, 76, 92, 95, 96

Northern Barrage, 149

Northern Frontier,
26

North Korea, 318.
See also
Korea, Korean War (1950-1953)

North Point, MD, 39

North Sea, 129, 142, 149, 162

North Vietnamese Army (NVA), 261, 269, 270, 271, 272, 275, 278, 279–280, 282, 284.
See also
Vietnam, Vietnam War (1965-1975)

Norway, 149, 182, 183, 201, 202

Nova Scotia, 40

nuclear weapons (WMDs), 301, 317, 318, 332, 339, 340

Nuevo León, 50

Nummy, David, 338

Nuremberg, Germany, 211

Nuremberg Trials, 197

nurses, U.S. Army, 148, 192

Obama, Barack, 339, 348, 349, 350

Objective Bears, 333

Objective Lions, 333

Objective Ravens, 333

Objective Saints, 333

Objective Texans, 333

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, 338–339

Ohio, 36