United States at War:

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United States at War
Understanding Conflict and Society
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Why Study Conflict?
War is always a major turning point for a nation
and a complex topic that challenges researchers
to consider all angles.
To that end, ABC-CLIO has specialized in the
study of war and conflictand the political,
social, and technological impacts on societyby
working with preeminent military historians and
expert educators to develop award-winning
resources that help researchers understand
conflict in a more complete, holistic way.
With the release of United States at War,
researchers, for the first time, have access to a
comprehensive database that combines
ready-reference, the story of war, and
perspectives from scholars who model historical
inquiry.
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Introducing a Groundbreaking New Subscription
Database

• Developed by a team of military
• historians and expert educators
• Provides access to authoritative
• reference content, pertinent primary
• sources, and a wealth of historical
• insight and analysis
• Helps researchers develop a deeper
• critical understanding of Americas
• history
• Will serve as one of the essential
• resources for the study of American
• history for years to come

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Featuring Essential Resources for Informed
Learning

• Focuses on the conflict periods that have defined
  the nation from its earliest beginnings to today.
• Packed with
• Thoroughly explores the 14 major conflicts
  involving the United States throughout its
  history.

• Over 10,000 primary and
• secondary sources
• Weekly news on current conflicts
• Balanced expert analysis and
• pro/con perspectives that model
• good historical thinking

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United States at War Understanding Conflict and
Society

• Access the conflicts that shaped the culture and
  politics of the United States through three
  varied pathways
• Research
• Quickly find the people, events, movements, and
  places associated with the conflicts using this
  comprehensive search engine.
• Wars
• Explore the causes, consequences, opponents, and
  general overview of each of the important
  conflicts.
• Themes
• Discover the underlying themes and review
  specific questions regarding the wars through the
  eyes of working historians and educators.

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Extensive War Coverage

• Full coverage of the major US-involved conflicts
  
• North American Colonial Wars to 1776
• American Revolution
• American Indian Wars, 1492-1890
• War of 1812
• Mexican-American War
• American Civil War
• Spanish-American and Philippine- American Wars
• World War I
• World War II
• Cold War
• Korean War
• Arab-Israeli Wars
• Vietnam War
• Middle East Wars

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In-Depth Overviews

• Researchers can easily navigate the United
  States involvement in each war.
• Explore the circumstances and opponents that
  embodied each conflict while coming to understand
  its immediate, intermediate, and long-term
  causes and effects.

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Detailed, Dynamic Timelines

• Broken down by conflict, interactive timelines
  show the march of historyevent-by-event and
  person-by-personin each case, linking
  researchers to detailed articles or biographies.

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Smart Statistical Tool CLIOview

• Using the CLIOview tool, researchers can easily
  compare statistics about participating nations
  across a single war.

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Investigation of Current Issues

• Regular Feature Essays discuss current issues in
  military history and global conflict and inform
  researchers understandings of the past and
  present.

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Historians Perspectives

• Historians Perspectives are shown alongside a
  personal photo and biographical sketch, giving
  researchers context for the information.

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Broad Historical Essays

• Essays written by prominent historians survey
  each conflict.
• Inclusive information gives researchers the
  background and insight they need to understand
  the conflicts and the opponents who fought in
  them.

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Thematic Essays and Analyses

• Informative essays by working historians
  challenge researchers to confront each conflicts
  domestic, economic, geopolitical, military,
  social, and technological implications.

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Primary and Secondary Sources

• An extensive collection of engaging reference
  entries including

• Historical documents
• Portraits of important individuals
• Personal narratives by participants
• Incisive quotes
• Audio and video recordings

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Intuitive Search Options

• Over 10,000 reference items are easily searchable
  by text, reference category, or conflict,
  ensuring that researchers will quickly find the
  information they need.

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Simple and Advanced Searches

• Researchers can conduct a simple text search by
  entering in a single word or an entire phrase.
• Advanced Search helps researchers narrow their
  initial search so they can quickly find the
  information they need.

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Comprehensive Search Results

• An incomparable body of primary and secondary
  sources, including audio files, events, maps, and
  individual biographies, provide researchers with
  a complete view of the United States involvement
  in each of the 14 major conflicts.

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Ranked and Summarized Results

• Ranked and summarized search results give
  researchers guidance in navigating an extensive
  body of historical content.

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Clearly Organized Content
Entries are organized by their primary conflict
and traced to corresponding entries through
related items and ready reference hyperlinks.
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Topical Summaries

• Informational overviews systematically break
  statistics down by topic and provide a
  springboard into relevant categories.

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Facts and Figures

• Broken down by topic, Facts and Figures pages
  give information about each country, including
  population figures, imports and exports, natural
  resources and military resources.

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Engaging Visuals
Battle maps for all 14 conflicts show not only
the movement of forces, but also their strength.
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Rich Multimedia Content

• Researchers can view multimedia clips of
  historical events or listen to speeches and
  readings of primary sources.