The American Experience of War

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In this volume, fourteen American and European historians analyze various aspects of the American Experience of War. The term Experience of War refers to the fact that individuals and societies reflect on the wars they live through. As this reflection enters the nation’s consciousness it shapes the country’s domestic and foreign policy. In three major sections, the book addresses the role wars played in America's rise to power, it analyzes the experience of war among soldiers and civilian opulations, and asks how Americans remember and interpret wars.

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Introduction
Pages: 9–18
Colonial Failures, Imperial Triumphs, and the Loss of the American Colonies
Warfare and Bureaucratic Expansion in British North America
By: Guy Chet
Pages: 19–31
»A War Upon the First Principle of Popular Government«
Abraham Lincoln and the Development of American Democracy During the Civil War
Pages: 53–68
Wars for Empire
The United States and the Conquest of the Philippine Islands, 1899-1913
Pages: 155–177
»Don’t Ever Distort My History«
Conflicting Interpretations of the African American Performance in the Korean War
Pages: 235–261
Mediating War
The Cultural Work of War Correspondents in the Iraq War of 2003
Pages: 275–285
Index
Pages: 313–316
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