TY - BOOK AU - HOYT Edwin P TI - America's wars and military encounters from colonial times to the present SN - 0306803380 (pbk.) PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Da Capo Press KW - UNITED STATES KW - MLITARY ECOUNTERS KW - WARS KW - MILITARY HISTORY N2 - The history of America's wars and military adventures concentrates on the continuity of policies over three centuries. The authors describes the major conflicts, the revolutionary war, civil war, world wars Korea and Vietnam. America has persued the evangelical mission of Mainland destiny. The common features than govern American military policy. The book is proof of the old adage that wars and military excursions are extensions of political policy ER -