America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present

by John C. Fredriksen

Overview

This work chronicles the lives and accomplishments of over 200 enemies who have fought, plotted, spied on, and in some instances defeated U.S. forces over the past three centuries.

Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemies—the generals, admirals, Indian chiefs and warriors, submarine captains, fighter pilots, and spies who opposed the United States with military force or other means. Often these military leaders were among the best minds of their times.

For more than two centuries, the new nation's most constant military opponents were the Native Americans, led by such capable chiefs as American Horse and Little Wolf. Under D'Iberville, Canada's French colonialists became formidable foes, but they were soon surpassed by the rigorously disciplined redcoats of Great Britain under Howe and Cornwallis. Ironically, the most effective enemies in the history of the United States were not the leaders of foreign military forces—like Mexico's Santa Anna, Japan's Yamamoto, or Vietnam's Vo Nguyen Giap. They arose from among its own citizens during the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576076033
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/05/2001
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.38(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

John C. Fredriksen, PhD, is an independent historian. His published works include ABC-CLIO's International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft, 1914–1920 and American Military Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.

Table of Contents

	Preface and Acknowledgments	ix
	America's Military Adversaries	1
	Aguinaldo, Emilio	1
	Alexander, Edward Porter	3
	Alligator	6
	American Horse	7
	Anabuki, Satoshi	9
	Anderson, Richard Heron	11
	Anderson, William	14
	Andre, John	16
	Arbuthnot, Marriot	18
	Arnim, Hans-Jurgen	21
	Arnold, Benedict	24
	Arnold, Margaret	26
	Ashby, Turner	28
	Bacon, Nathaniel	30
	Balck, Hermann	33
	Bar, Heinz	35
	Barboncito	37
	Barclay, Robert Heriot	39
	Baum, Friedrich	42
	Bayerlein, Fritz	44
	Bee, Barnard Elliott	47
	de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne	48
	Bisshopp, Cecil	51
	Black Hawk	53
	Black Kettle	55
	Blaskowitz, Johannes	57
	de Bougainville, Louis-Antoine	59
	de Bourlamaque, Francois-Charles	62
	Boyd, Belle	64
	Bragg, Braxton	66
	Brant, Joseph	68
	Breckinridge, John Cabell	69
	Brock, Isaac	72
	Broke, Philip Bowes Vere	76
	Brooke, Arthur	79
	Buchanan, Franklin	81
	Burgoyne, John	82
	Butler, John	86
	Butler, Walter	88
	Campbell, Archibald	90
	Canonchet	93
	Captain Jack	95
	Carleton, Guy	97
	Cervera, Pascual	100
	Cixi	102
	Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne	105
	Clinton, Henry	107
	Cochise	110
	Cochrane, Alexander Forester Inglis	111
	Cockburn, Sir George	114
	Collier, George	117
	Cornplanter	119
	Cornstalk	122
	Cornwallis, Charles	124
	Coulon de Villiers, Louis	128
	Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, Joseph	129
	Crazy Horse	131
	Crittenden, George Bibb	133
	d'Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne	135
	Davis, Jefferson	137
	Dieskau, Jean-Armand	140
	Dietrich, Josef	142
	Donitz, Karl	145
	Drummond, Gordon	148
	Dull Knife	152
	Evans, Nathan George	154
	Ferguson, Patrick	156
	Fitzgibbon, James	158
	Floyd, John Buchanan	161
	Forrest, Nathan Bedford	163
	Fraser, Simon	164
	Frontenac, Comte de, Louis de Buade	167
	Fuchida, Mitsuo	169
	Gage, Thomas	172
	Galland, Adolf	175
	Gallwitz, Max von	178
	Germain, George Sackville	180
	Geronimo	182
	Giap, Vo Nguyen	184
	Girty, Simon	188
	Gordon, John Brown	191
	Goring, Hermann	193
	Gorshkov, Sergei Georgievich	196
	Grant, James	198
	Graves, Thomas	201
	Grey, Charles	203
	Haldimand, Frederick	206
	Hamilton, Henry	208
	Harvey, John	211
	Hashimoto, Mochitsura	213
	Hausser, Paul	216
	Heth, Henry	219
	Hill, Daniel Harvey	221
	Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von	223
	Hindman, Thomas Carmichael	226
	Hitler, Adolf	228
	Hoke, Robert Frederick	231
	Homma, Masaharu	233
	Hood, John Bell	235
	Howe, Richard	237
	Howe, William	240
	Huger, Benjamin	243
	Hussein, Saddam	246
	Imboden, John Daniel	249
	Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"	251
	Jodl, Alfred	253
	Johnson, Guy	255
	Johnson, John	257
	Johnston, Joseph E.	259
	Joseph	261
	Kamiakin	263
	Karamanli, Yusuf	265
	Kato, Tateo	268
	Keitel, Wilhelm	270
	Kesselring, Albert	273
	Kim Il Sung	275
	Kluge, Gunther Hans von	278
	Knyphausen, Wilhelm von	281
	Lee, Robert E.	283
	Leisler, Jacob	286
	Leslie, Alexander	289
	Levis, Francois-Gaston	291
	Little Turtle	293
	Little Wolf	295
	Logan, James	297
	Longstreet, James	299
	Looking Glass	301
	Loring, William Wing	303
	Lovell, Mansfield	306
	Ludendorff, Erich von	308
	Macdonnell, George	311
	Magruder, John Bankhead	313
	Mangas Coloradas	315
	Manteuffel, Hasso von	317
	Manuelito	320
	McGillivray, Alexander	322
	Merritt, William Hamilton	324
	Micanopy	326
	Model, Walter	328
	Montcalm, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis of	331
	Montojo, Patricio	334
	Morrison, Joseph Wanton	337
	Murray, John	339
	Mussolini, Benito	342
	Nagumo, Chuichi	344
	Nana	347
	Nishizawa, Hiroyoshi	348
	Norton, John	351
	Oconostota	353
	O'Hara, Charles	355
	Osceola	357
	Pakenham, Edward	359
	Parker, Peter	362
	Parker, Quanah	364
	Pearson, Richard	367
	Pecaudy de Contrecoeur, Claude-Pierre	369
	Peiper, Jochem	371
	Pelham, John	373
	Pemberton, John Clifford	375
	Peng Dehuai	378
	Pepelyaev, Yevgenij	382
	Percy, Hugh	384
	Pettigrew, James Johnston	387
	Phillips, William	389
	Pigot, Robert	392
	Pillow, Gideon Johnson	394
	Pitcairn, John	396
	Pontiac	399
	Pouchot de Maupas, Pierre	401
	Prevost, Augustin	403
	Prevost, George	405
	Price, Sterling	408
	Proctor, Henry	411
	Quantrill, William Clarke	413
	Rain-in-the-Face	415
	Rall, Johann Gottlieb	418
	Rawdon-Hastings, Francis	420
	Red Cloud	422
	Riall, Phineas	425
	Riedesel, Frederika	427
	Riedesel, Friedrich Adolphus von	430
	Roman Nose	432
	Rommel, Erwin	434
	Ross, Robert	437
	Rottenburg, Francis de	440
	Rundstedt, Gerd von	442
	Sakai, Saburo	445
	de Salaberry, Charles-Michael d'Irumberry	448
	Sandino, Augusto	450
	de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez	453
	Sassacus	456
	Satanta	458
	Secord, Laura Ingersoll	461
	Senger und Etterlin, Fridolin von	463
	Sheaffe, Roger Hale	466
	Sherbrooke, John Coape	469
	Sibley, Henry Hopkins	471
	Simcoe, John Graves	473
	Sitting Bull	476
	Skorzeny, Otto	478
	Smith, Francis	481
	St. Leger, Barry	483
	Stewart, Alexander	486
	Stuart, J.E.B. "Jeb"	488
	Student, Kurt	490
	Tall Bull	493
	Tanaka, Razio	494
	Tarleton, Banastre	497
	Taylor, Richard	500
	Tecumseh	502
	Tenskwatawa	505
	Tojo, Hideki	507
	Tokyo Rose	510
	Tryon, William	512
	Van Dorn, Earl	515
	de Vaudreuil, Philippe de Rigaud	517
	de Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud	519
	Victorio	522
	Villa, Pancho	524
	Vincent, John	527
	Wildcat	529
	Yamamoto, Isoroku	531
	Yamashita, Tomoyuki	534
	Yeo, James Lucas	537
Appendix A	Listing by Occupation	541
Appendix B	Listing by Conflict	544
	Bibliography	546
	Index	597
	About the Author	621

Editorial Reviews

[A]n excellent biographical encyclopedia of the various military adversaries (naval, air, and land) America has faced since colonial times . . . This well-done work is especially useful for those looking to begin research into those who led America's military adversaries. It should be included in all libraries.” —American Reference Books Annual

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