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• United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 21st century
• United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries -- History
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Operations other than war -- History

• Dragoon campaigns to the Rocky Mountains : being a history of the enlistment, organization, and first campaigns of the regiment of United States Dragoons : together with incidents of a soldier's life, and sketches of scenery and Indian character / by a Dragoon. (New York : Wiley & Long, 1836), by James Hildreth (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lessons Encountered: Learning From the Long War (Washington: National Defense University Press, 2015), ed. by Richard D. Hooker and Joseph J. Collins (multiple formats at NDU Press)

• Leyte: The Return to the Philippines, by M. Hamlin Cannon (Gutenberg ebook)

• A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Black Phalanx: African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, by Joseph T. Wilson (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons; To Which Is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition And Prospects of Colored Americans (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1855), by William C. Nell (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867 (Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2011), by William A. Dobak (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity, by William Wells Brown (Gutenberg ebook)

• "This is a War for the Utter Extinction of Slavery": The Civil War Letters of James Benjamin Franklin Curtis, Hospital Steward, 1st Michigan Colored Infantry (Allendale, MI: University Libraries, Grand Valley State University, c2020), by James Benjamin Franklin Curtis, ed. by Robert Beasecker (PDF at gvsu.edu)

• The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier Under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and Under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: "A Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life" (Chicago: Printed for the author, 1858), by James Roberts (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Recollections of My Slavery Days (Peekskill, NY: Highland Democrat, 1922), by William Henry Singleton (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons; To Which Is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition And Prospects of Colored Americans (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1855), by William C. Nell (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Life and History of the Rev. Elijah P. Marrs, First Pastor of Beargrass Baptist Church, and Author (Louisville, KY: Bradley and Gilbert Co., 1885), by Elijah P. Marrs (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Circling the Earth: United States Plans for a Postwar Overseas Military Base System, 1942-1948 (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2005), by Elliott V. Converse (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

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• America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)
• Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of U.S. Military Forces in the Emerging Security Environment (Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2002), by David E. Johnson, Karl P. Mueller, and William H. Taft (PDF files at rand.org)
• Hearings, Relating to H.R. 959, Amending the Internal Security Act of 1950 (Obstruction of Armed Forces) (Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States House Committee on Internal Security (page images at HathiTrust)
• The World War honor roll of those South Carolinians, who entering the services from their state, died while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States / compiled under the direction of the Adjutant General by George H. McMaster. (Columbia : Adjutant General's Office, [1921?]), by South Carolina. Office of the Adjutant General (page images at HathiTrust)

• Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 (Washington: Center of Military History, 2001), by Morris J. MacGregor (PDF at US Army CMH)
• Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 (Washington: Center of Military History, 1981), by Morris J. MacGregor
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Study of the Negro in Military Service (Washington: Dept. of Defense, 1950), by Jean Byers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Negro in World War II ("volume 1" only volume known to be published; Washington: Sentry Pub. Co., c1944) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• In Irons: U.S. Military Might in the New Century (1995), by Harlan Ullman (page images at Google)
• QDR 2001: Strategy-Driven Choices for America's Security, ed. by Michèle A. Flournoy (page images at Google)

• The Politics of Defence Budgeting: A Study of Organisation and Resource Allocation in the United Kingdom and the United States (Washington: National Defense University Press, 1983), by Michael D. Hobkirk (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Disaster and Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Rwanda (1994), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)

• The Role of the Military in Combating Terrorism: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on Certain Provisions of S. 735, A Bill to Prevent and Punish Acts of Terrorism, and Certain Provisions of S. 761, A Bill to Improve the Ability of the United States to Respond to the International Terrorist Threat (Washington: GPO, 1996), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mind the Gap: Promoting a Transatlantic Revolution in Military Affairs (1999), by David C. Gompert, Richard L. Kugler, and Martin C. Libicki (page images at Google)

• Command, Control, and the Common Defense (revised edition, 1996), by C. Kenneth Allard (PDF at dtic.mil)
• Adjusting to a New Security Environment: The Defense Technology and Industrial Base Challenge (1991), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• California Base Closure: Lessons for DoD's Cleanup Program, by David Rubenson and John R. Anderson (PDF and HTML at rand.org)

• Policing the New World Disorder: Peace Operations and Public Security (1998), ed. by Robert B. Oakley, Michael J. Dziedzic, and Eliot M. Goldberg (page images at Google)
• Empire's Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2019), by Adam Moore (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• Use and Care of Hand Tools and Measuring Tools (US Armed Forces technical manual, revised 2014) (PDF at af.mil)

• Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces, by Raymond Oliver (illustrated HTML at navy.mil)

• Korea: Facts You Need to Know (pamphlet 608-15; Washington: Headquarters, Dept. of the Army, 1974), by United States Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)

• Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families (Washington: National Academies Press, 2013), by Institute of Medicine Committee on the Initial Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families (multiple formats at NAP)

• Protecting Our Forces: Improving Vaccine Acquisition and Availability in the U.S. Military (2002), ed. by Stanley M. Lemon, Susan Thaul, Salem Fisseha, and Heather C. O'Maonaigh (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Fighting for a Living: A Comparative History of Military Labour, 1500-2000 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2013), ed. by Erik Jan Zürcher
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Soldier's Life on the Western Frontier in 1813, by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Study of Army Camp Life during American Revolution, by Mary Hazel Snuff (Gutenberg ebook)

• Attitudes Aren't Free: Thinking Deeply about Diversity in the US Armed Forces (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2010), ed. by James E. Parco and David A. Levy (PDF and Mobipocket with commentary at Air University Press)

• The White Falcon (newspaper of former US military base in Iceland; 1941-2006) (partial serial archives)
• Morris Code (Morris Field newsletter, 1942-1945) (partial serial archives)

• The Armed Forces Officer (revised electronic edition, 2006), by American Forces Information Service (PDF at dtic.mil)
• The Armed Forces Officer: Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2, by United States. Department of Defense (Gutenberg ebook)

• American Strategy: Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review (2000), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)

• Nonlethality and American Land Power: Strategic Context and Operational Concepts (1998), by Douglas C. Lovelace and Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)

• Command, Control, and the Common Defense (revised edition, 1996), by C. Kenneth Allard (PDF at dtic.mil)
• Revising the Two MTW Force Shaping Paradigm (2001), ed. by Steven Metz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Federal and state military organizations : history of certain federal troops which, by reason of short or disputed service, have no pensionable status, and state militias which were actively engaged in the Civil War for different periods of time, but which were never mustered into the service, and which, therefore, have no pensionable status. ([Washington : G.P.O., 1910]), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions (page images at HathiTrust)

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