Army: An Illustrated History: the U.s. Army from 1775 to the 21st Century - Rilegato

a number of books chart US Army members, achivemnets, and battles, but few offer the general public a fine visual overview as does this...an outstanding survey. --Midwest Book Review

From its Revolutionary War beginnings as the Continental Army to its leadership of the "Coalition of the Willing" in today's Iraq, for more than 200 years the United States has fulfilled its solemn charge: to provide for the common defense, at home and abroad. Add to that legacy a present-day population of over one million soldiers (including active duty, National Guard, and reserves), and the U.S. Army is far and away the largest and most historically esteemed branch of the United States armed forces. To a significant degree the U.S. Army's story is the story of the United States -- a story that has been lauded in movies, detailed in books, and passed down from one generation to the next in the timeless retelling of stories of wars gone by, lives lost, and freedom won and protected. --Military History Online

Chester G. Hearn, an American military veteran and historian, is the author of more than 20 books including Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry during the Civil War and George Washington's Schooners: the First American Navy. Three of his books have been History Book Club selections. Hearn lives in Eric, Pennsylvania.