The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
- ISBN-10
- 0143036513
- ISBN-13
- 9780143036517
- Series
- The Dominion of War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 520
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Authors
- Andrew Robert Lee Cayton, Fred Anderson
Description
A reinterpretation of the development of the United States argues that warfare has played a leading role in shaping North America throughout the past five hundred years, in a history that focuses on the lives of eight men, including George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Colin Powell. Reprint.
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