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Editorial Reviews
Review
Tacoma News Tribune, October 26, 2006
“One can imagine how hard it would be to do a good, well-illustrated book on the history of the U.S. Army and keep it under 200 pages: After all, a detailed look at the Army’s involvement in, say, World War II can easily take up several volumes. Nonetheless, ARMY: An Illustrated History, published by military book publisher Zenith Press, is a noble effort. This volume is organized in periods rather than war by war, and it employs an interesting mix of biographies of important officers, overviews of key battles and profiles of weaponry in use up to the current conflict in the War on Terror in order to document the Army’s development as an organization. While this survey may be too superficial for serious military enthusiasts, even they will admit the book’s value to those readers—especially younger ones—wanting a basic look at the Army in action through the years.” Military Heritage, June 2007
“Military historian Charles Hearn not only provides the reader with a comprehensive look at the Army’s past exploits, but also delves into the Army of the future. The book has numerous black and white and color photographs of the weapons, garments and equipment that will be used by our soldiers in the ensuing years … One interesting area the author mentions is the rapid advance of electronics in tomorrow’s Army.”
“Military historian Charles Hearn not only provides the reader with a comprehensive look at the Army’s past exploits, but also delves into the Army of the future. The book has numerous black and white and color photographs of the weapons, garments and equipment that will be used by our soldiers in the ensuing years … One interesting area the author mentions is the rapid advance of electronics in tomorrow’s Army.”
Midwest Book Review, February 2007
“A number of books chart U.S. Army members, achievements, and battles, but few offer the general public a fine visual overview as does Army … an outstanding survey.”
“A number of books chart U.S. Army members, achievements, and battles, but few offer the general public a fine visual overview as does Army … an outstanding survey.”
Product Description
From its Revolutionary War beginnings as the Continental Army to its leadership of the “Coalition of the Willing” in today’s Iraq, for more than 200 years the United States Army has fulfilled its solemn charge: to provide for the common defense, at home and abroad. To a significant degree the U.S. Army’s story is the story of the United States, as becomes clear in this absorbing, illustrated history of the U. S. Army from its beginnings in a rag-tag force of colonial militia to its current incarnation as the world’s most powerful and sophisticated land-combat force.
With an emphasis on post-Vietnam operations and detailed information on the technological component of the force’s military might, distinguished historian Chester Hearn follows the U. S. Army through its combat history—the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, various Indian wars, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, the first Gulf war, and Afghanistan and Iraq—offering a complete and thoroughly fascinating account of an armed force ever remaking itself to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world.
