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African-Americans in Military History

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afhist/aftoc.htm

A detailed bibliography of print resources on African Americans and their service in the United States Armed Forces.

Author: Diana Simpson (stephanie.havron@maxwell.af.mil)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African; American; History; Military; Black; Soldiers; Armed; Forces

Ambush in Mogadishu

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/

'"Ambush in Mogadishu" tells the story of the most violent combat firefight since Vietnam. On October 3, 1993 elite units of the US Army's Rangers and Delta Force were ambushed by Somali men, women and children armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. The Rangers were pinned down in the most dangerous part of Mogadishu, Somalia and taking casualties. What had started out as an operation to capture warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid--turned into a tragic firefight that lasted seventeen hours, left eighteen Americans dead, eighty four wounded and continues to haunt the US military and American foreign policy. 'This is the companion website to the PBS Frontline documentary of the same name. It includes a full account of the battle in Mogadishu, incuding interviews, a chronology, and complete background information.

Author: Frontline/WGBH

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Africa

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Keywords: Somalia; Mohammed Farah Aidid

American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/

This somewhat cynical but extremely informative site gives a detailed history of women in the military. It breaks the information down by conflict/war and names the famous women involved in each.

Author: Captain Barbara A. Wilson, USAF (Ret) (captbarb@aug.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Campaign Atlases

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/MapsHome.htm

Campaign maps from United States and other military campaigns. Covers; colonial wars, American revolution, Napoleanic wars, War of 1812, Mexican War, American Civil War, Spanish-American War, Chinese Civil War, World War One, World War Two, Korean War, Arab-Israeli wars, Vietnam War, and other modern wars.

Author: United States Military Academyıs Department of History (kd9326@usma.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Maps

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Desert-Storm.com

http://www.desert-storm.com/

Site about Operation Desert Storm/Shield (aka the Persian Gulf War), including information about the war (chronology, maps, etc.), soldiers, machines, and veterans' issues.

Author: Scott O'Hara (webmaster@desert-storm.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--Military

Keywords: Persian Gulf War

Falling Leaf

http://www.btinternet.com/~rrnotes/psywarsoc/fleaf/index.htm

This site contains lots of information about aerial leaflet propaganda from WWI to Kosovo and Serbia. For example, you'll be able to see the first German leaflet dropped over Paris during The First World War.

Author: Psywar Society (dbm@rrnotes.co.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

FAS Military Analysis Network: Target Kosovo

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/kosovo.htm

Offers detailed information on the conflict in Kosovo and the NATO air offensive. Includes military information and analysis, news articles, links to other relevant sites, and historical background.

Author: John Pike (JohnPike@fas.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Keywords: Allied Force; NATO; Kosovo; Serbia; Yugoslavia

The French and Indian War

http://www.digitalhistory.org/

This site provides historical information on the French Indian War, including a timeline of the eighteenth century. (Note:File size=136k.)

Author: Clyde R. Jasper (cjasper@digitalhistory.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Frontline : The Gulf War

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

This is the companion website to the PBS Frontline documentary "The Gulf War". It offers transcripts of interviews with participants in the war from both sides, as well as maps, a chronology of the conflict, and descriptions of the weapons employed during the war.

Author: Frontline and WGBH Educational Foundation

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Middle East

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Keywords: Desert Storm; Kuwait; Iraq; Persian Gulf War

Spanish American War Centennial Website

http://www.spanam.simplenet.com/war.html

This site offers a comprehensive history to the Spanish American War. It provides information on both the US and Spanish navy, weapon profiles, military personnel profiles, and the war in Cuba, Phillipines, and Puerto Rico. It also offers music of the period, re-enactment groups, exhibits and events, as well as providing information on war sites to visit as well as the pathwayother links related to the Spanish American War.

Author: Jesse Giesel (spanam@powerscourt.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Keywords: Spanish American War; military history

U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

This site is an essential starting point for research in American military history. It offers a number of online reference texts and documents, online finding aids for US Army archives, FAQs, links to other relevant sites, and a how-to page for people seeking historical information about American military history.

Author: US Army Center ot Military History (cmhonline@hqda.army.mil )

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Keywords: Army; Military History

U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI)

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/

"MHI serves as the primary research facility for the historical study of the US Army in order to foster a greater understanding of the Army's role in our nation's history and in its future." Includes an extensive collection of military history bibliographies, and links to relevant sites.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Wars

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Keywords: Military History

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