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Topic
History
Subtopic
Military History
American
Military History
From Colonials to Counterinsurgents
Course Guidebook
General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.)
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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GEN. WESLEY K. CLARK (RET.)
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
W
esley K. Clark rose to the rank of four-star general during 38 years
of service to the United States. He graduated first in his class at the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was selected as a Rhodes
Scholar to study at at the University of Oxford, where he earned his M.A. in
Economics. Gen. Clark has also been awarded numerous honorary doctorates.
Professor Biography
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As a young officer in Vietnam, Gen. Clark commanded an infantry company
in combat. He was severely wounded and evacuated home on a stretcher.
Later, Gen. Clark commanded at the battalion, brigade, and division levels—
including the famed 1
st
Cavalry Division—and served in a number of
significant staff positions, including as Director for Strategic Plans and Policy
on the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington. In this role, he worked with U.S.
diplomat Richard Holbrooke to negotiate an end to the conflict in Bosnia.
Gen. Clark’s military career culminated as NATO Supreme Allied
Commander Europe; in this position, he led combined forces to victory in
Operation Allied Force, protecting 1.5 million Kosovo Albanians from ethnic
cleansing. His awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Defense
Distinguished Service Medal (five times), the U.S. Army Distinguished Service
Medal (twice), the Silver Star, the Bronze Star (twice), the Purple Heart, and
two honorary knighthoods.
Since the end of his military career, Gen. Clark has worked as an investment
banker, a businessman, a commentator, an author, and a teacher. He ran as
a candidate for United States president in the 2004 Democratic primary
campaign, winning the Oklahoma primary before withdrawing.
Gen. Clark is the author of four books:
Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo
and the Future of Combat; Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism and the
American Empire; A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country;
and
Don’t
Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership.
Gen. Clark is the chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark and Associates,
a strategic consulting firm, and chairman of Enverra, a boutique investment
bank. He has also served on the boards of several public and private companies
and is a senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Professor Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Course Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
LECTURE GUIDES
1 •
America: Forged in War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 •
George Washington Takes Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 •
Redcoats Fall to the Continental Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4 •
Andrew Jackson and the War of 1812 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5 •
The Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6 •
Opening Volleys of the Civil War: 1861–1862 . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7 •
The Civil War’s Main Front: 1862 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8 •
Vicksburg to Gettysburg: 1862–1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
9 •
Chattanooga to Appomattox: 1863–1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
10 •
The Spanish-American War of 1898 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
11 •
American Expeditionary Forces: 1917–1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
12 •
John J . Pershing, the Doughboys, and France . . . . . . . . 129
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