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However, after the 1988 presidential election, the shine had dulled on military-veteran politicians, and through 2012, "the candidate with the better military record lost." [2] As of December 2018, George H. W. Bush was the most recent president to have served in combat (as an aircraft carrier-based bomber pilot in World War II). [3]
Ways of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2013), 536 pp; university textbook; online review; Stewart, Richard W. American military history (2 vol 2010) Sweeney, Jerry K.; Kevin B. Byrne (2006). A handbook of American military history. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-9337-3.
List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate) List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) List of female United States military generals and flag officers
The List of bibliographies on American history is a stand alone list of bibliographies about the history of the United States, intended as a quick reference. The bibliographies listed here are devoted only to major subjects in American history, i.e., founding fathers, American Revolution, presidents, wars, etc.
This category is for senior military leaders such as admirals, generals and air marshals. It includes military leaders with strategic influence who pre-dated the formal establishment of ranks as well as senior commanders in irregular militaries who may not hold rank. For middle and junior ranking officers, see Category:Military officers.
In this October 2018 photo, then-US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens as then-President Donald Trump answers questions during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room in Washington, DC.
A Handbook of American Military History: From the Revolutionary War to the Present, (1997) ISBN 0-8133-2871-3; Weigley, Russell Frank. The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004).
List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960; List of United States Air Force four-star generals; List of United States Air Force personnel; List of World War II aces from the United States; List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of decorated Americans from the Iraq War in Al Anbar Governorate; List of ...