District Mexican War Manifest Destiny Research Assignment

District Mexican War Manifest Destiny Research Assignment

research paper

Your paper should start with a thesis statement

Why is this person or event important in U.S. Military History?

Does this individual or event represent (cause and effect) that had short- and long-term consequences U.S Military History?

Would U.S. Military History be different if not for the actions of this person or the occurrence of the events? (Make sure you include a solid conclusion)

Students should not use the encyclopedia or the course text book as the primary source of research. You should not rely solely on the internet for information either.  Below are topics you can choose from and do your own research.

Sun Tzu advised strategists to “know your enemy and know yourself.”

The Militia System

The Colonial Wars and struggles between empires

The American Revolution and the Early Republic

Conflict with Native-Americans

The Quasi War

The Barbary Coast / Tripolitan Wars

The War of 1812

Jomini and Clausewitz, and SunTzu  ( Chinese Philosopher)

Founding of the Academics and the emerging officer professionalism

Indian Wars and Frontier expansion (Native relocations)

The Mexican War (Manifest Destiny)

The Civil War (Military tactics, strategies, leadership, organization and total war)

Post war demobilization (Reconstruction, constabulary duty, and labor unrest )

Birth of the modern military

The Spanish American War ( The Splendid Little War )

The Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion & U.S. Intervention into Mexico

The War to End all Wars (The First World War)

Revolution Military Affairs (RMA)

The American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles

“To know war is not to advocate war”

The League of Nation

Russian Bolshevism ( Vladimir I. Lenin)

1. Intervention into Russian Civil War

Demobilization, Diplomacy, and Disarmament

The Interwar Years and Military Policy between the Two Wars

Prelude to World War II (The Policy of Appeasement)

Blitzkrieg East and West

The European Theater and Pacific Theater

Naval and air power

Demobilization and Inter-service rivalries

National Security Act of 1947

The Cold War, The Policy of Containment the Berlin Confrontation and the creation of NATO, The Loss of China and Korea Conflict

The French Indo China War (1945-1954) Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh

The experiment in Nation Building, South Vietnam (1954-1964)

Into the Quagmire (1964-1975) Post Vietnam Challenges

The Collapse of the Soviet Union

The First Gulf War, (Desert Shield -Desert Storm ,1991

Operations Other Than War (Somalia and the retreat from Mogadishu 1993)

The Second Gulf War and Post Saddam Hussein

Iraq and Afghanistan (Has the nature of warfare changed?)

Challenges for the 21st century: Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, Taliban, and God’s Warriors….

War on Terrorism

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