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Published Material


Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army, 1775-2000

American Military History, Volume I (2009)
The U.S. Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775-1917

American Military History, Volume II (2010)
The U.S. Army in a Global Era, 1917-2008


Armor-Cavalry, Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve
a volume in theArmy Lineage Series


Army History and Heritage
By General Paul E. Funk II, United States Army

Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775-1995
Portraits & Biographical Sketches of the U.S. Army's Senior Officer

Department of the Army Historical Summaries

Developing the Armored Force: Experiences and Visions

Disaster on Green Ramp

From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration 1900-1963

From Transformation to Combat: The First Stryker Brigade at War

Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the U. S. Army Signal Corps

Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps

Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art

History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, Volumes I and II

Infantry, Part I: Regular Army
a volume in the Army Lineage Series

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funerals, 1921-1969

Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades
a volume in the Army Lineage Series

Military Intelligence
volume in theArmy Lineage Series

Military Police a volume in the Army Lineage Series

Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army
Portraits and Biographical Sketches

The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978

Extracts from Armies, Corps Divisions and Separate Brigades
a volume in the Army Lineage Series