SELECTED NAMES AND TERMS FROM
MILLETT/MASLOWSKI, CHAPTERS 8-17
Virginius Crisis
Indian Wars
Battle of Sand Creek
Krag-Jorgensen
Winchester
Battle of the Little BigHorn
George Crook
National Guard Association
Naval Appropriations Act of 1883
ABCD ships
Benjamin Tracy
Emory Upton
A. T. Mahan
Naval Militia
John M. Schofield
Nelson A. Miles
Maine
Spanish-American War
Adm. Patricio Montojo
Rough Riders
Leonard Wood
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Santiago
William R. Shafter
Joseph Wheeler
El Caney
Kettle Hill
San Juan Heights
Pascual de Cervera
Philippine Insurrection
Emilio Aguinaldo
Elwell S. Otis
Arthur MacArthur
Open Door
“Great White Fleet”
Dreadnought
John R. Holland
Elihu Root
Army General Staff
Dick Act
Browning/Maxim/Lewis guns
Caribbean interventions
Veracruz Expedition
Mexican Expeditionary Force
“Freedom of the Seas”
“Navy second to none”
“Continental Army Plan”
Plattsburg Movement
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
U-boat
Western Front
Erich Ludendorff
Newton Baker
John J. Pershing
Selective Service Act of 1917
Council of National Defense
War Industries Board
William S. Sims
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
North Sea Mine Barrage
Espionage Act
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
Peyton Marsh
Aisne-Marne Offensive
Belleau Wood
Lafayette Escadrille
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Washington Naval Disarmament Conf.
National Defense Act of 1920
Officers/Enlisted Reserve Corps
William Mitchell
USS Lexington/Saratoga
War Plan Orange
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Corps/USAAF
M-1 Garand
Isoroku Yamamoto
“Two Ocean Navy”
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor
“Germany First”
Lend-Lease
Ernest J. King
“Wolfpack”
Joseph W. Stilwill
Bataan
Corregidor
Chester W. Nimitz
Coral Sea
Midway
H. H. “Hap” Arnold
William D. Leahy
Island Hopping
“Arsenal of Democracy”
War Production Board
MAGIC
Enigma/ULTRA
Karl Donitz
Guadalcanal
New Guinea Campaign
Operation Torch
North Africa Campaign
Omar N. Bradley
Erwin Rommel
Kasserine Pass
Sicily Campaign
Italian Campaign
Mark W. Clark
Operation Overlord
Operation Anvil
Marianas Campaign
B-17
Eighth Air Force
P-38/P-47
Operation Pointblank
Philippine Sea
Saipan
Leyte Gulf
Tarawa
Kamikaze
Iwo Jima
Normandy Campaign
Curtis E. LeMay
The Bulge
B-29
Okinawa
Manhattan Project/Atomic bomb
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Strategic Air Command
National Security Act of 1947
Department of Defense
James B. Forrestal
Executive Order 9981
North Atlantic Treaty Org. (NATO)
NSC 68
Korean War
38th Parallel
Pusan Perimeter
ROK/NKPA
Inchon
Yalu River
People’s Liberation Army
Thermonuclear bomb
EUSAK
Matthew B. Ridgway
Iron Triangle
James Van Fleet
Panmunjon
DMZ
IRBM/ICBM
Southeast Asia Treaty Org. (SEATO)
Taiwan
“New Look”
U-2
B-52
Hyman G. Rickover
Polaris
Nike
Ballistic Missile Early Warning Sys.
(BMEWS)
Eisenhower Doctrine
“Flexible Response”
Robert S. McNamara
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)
U.S. Army Special Forces
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Ho Chi Minh/Trail
Vo Nguyen Giap
Viet Cong (VC)
ARVN/NVA
Mekong Delta
Operation Rolling Thunder
William C. Westmoreland
Maxwell Taylor
CORDS
Khe Sanh
Tet Offensive
Operation Linebacker
War Powers Act
Paris Peace Accords, 1973
MIRV
SALT 1
SUGGESTED ESSAY QUESTIONS
1.
The Civil War has been called the first major modern war. Why? Explain fully. Do
many of the same criteria apply to the Spanish American War and World War I?
2.
Discuss efforts to obtain manpower for the Army in the Civil War, SpanishAmerican War, World War I and World War II. How were these situations the
same or different? What problems were encountered? Be sure to refer to the
material in the Millett book. What lessons can we learn from these historical
experiences?
3.
Compare and contrast the American military experience in Korea and Vietnam. What
was the goal in each case? What kind of military answer was devised to meet that goal?
What went right, and what went wrong in each conflict? Incorporate material from the
readings in both Millett and Chambers books and the videos into your answer.
4.
Discuss the technological evolution of any specific type of weapons system from its
inception (or colonial times, whichever came first) to the present. Review the different
models and their advantages and disadvantages. What was their effect on warfare?
5.
Who, in your opinion, was the foremost military commander in American history and
why? Explain your answer fully reviewing that individual’s contribution in as well as the
factors that made him a success. Be specific and cite examples. Support your answer by
explaining in detail why do you think he was greater than any other commander?
6.
Compare and contrast the experience of American infantry in battle in both Civil War and
World War II. Incorporate the materials from the class discussions and from the
Chambers book into your answer. Cite examples.
7.
Describe life in and out of battle for the average American infantry soldier in World War
I and in World War II and in the Civil War. What accounts for the differences? Be sure
to refer to the material in your reading selections for your descriptions and conclusions.
8.
The United States has had a remarkable record of military successes in the field over the
past 125 years. Why? What factors enabled that success. When the United States
experienced failure, what accounted for that? Be specific and cite examples in each case.
9.
Despite the existence of war in Europe since 1914, the United States was unprepared
when it entered World War I in 1917 both emotionally and militarily. Explain why,
citing materials in both Millett and Chambers.
10.
In the years following World War I, the United States military made plans for possible
future conflicts. Review these plans. Be Specific. Were they adequate for the conflict
when World War II occurred? Cite American experiences in World War II to justify
your answer.
11.
Compare and contrast American combat experiences in World War II and in Vietnam,
using materials for the videos, readings, and lectures. Be specific and cite examples.