Clayton R. Newell, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, served for 27 years in a variety of infantry and field artillery assignments in Vietnam, Germany, and the United States. He was director of Joint Operations Concepts and held the John J. Pershing Chair of Military Planning and Operations while a faculty member at the Army War College. He completed his military career as the Chief of Historical Services at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.

...well researched....[A] handy resource...The book should be added to all library collections covering the subject of the U.S. Army.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)Part 3 PrefacePart 4 Abbreviations and AcronymsPart 5 ChronologyPart 6 IntroductionPart 7 THE DICTIONARYPart 8 AppendixesChapter 9 1. Resolution of the Continental Congress Adopting of the Continental ArmyChapter 10 2. Resolution of the Continental Congress Appointing George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental ArmyChapter 11 3. Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff of the ArmyChapter 12 4. Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the ArmyChapter 13 5. Sergeants Major of the ArmyChapter 14 6. Campaigns of the United States ArmyChapter 15 7. United States Army Casualties by WarChapter 16 8. United States Army Rank InsigniaPart 17 BibliographyPart 18 About the Author

Clayton R. Newell, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, served for 27 years in a variety of infantry and field artillery assignments in Vietnam, Germany, and the United States. He was director of Joint Operations Concepts and held the John J. Pershing Chair of Military Planning and Operations while a faculty member at the Army War College. He completed his military career as the Chief of Historical Services at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.

...well researched....[A] handy resource...The book should be added to all library collections covering the subject of the U.S. Army.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)Part 3 PrefacePart 4 Abbreviations and AcronymsPart 5 ChronologyPart 6 IntroductionPart 7 THE DICTIONARYPart 8 AppendixesChapter 9 1. Resolution of the Continental Congress Adopting of the Continental ArmyChapter 10 2. Resolution of the Continental Congress Appointing George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental ArmyChapter 11 3. Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff of the ArmyChapter 12 4. Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the ArmyChapter 13 5. Sergeants Major of the ArmyChapter 14 6. Campaigns of the United States ArmyChapter 15 7. United States Army Casualties by WarChapter 16 8. United States Army Rank InsigniaPart 17 BibliographyPart 18 About the Author

Clayton R. Newell, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, served for 27 years in a variety of infantry and field artillery assignments in Vietnam, Germany, and the United States. He was director of Joint Operations Concepts and held the John J. Pershing Chair of Military Planning and Operations while a faculty member at the Army War College. He completed his military career as the Chief of Historical Services at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.

...well researched....[A] handy resource...The book should be added to all library collections covering the subject of the U.S. Army.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)Part 3 PrefacePart 4 Abbreviations and AcronymsPart 5 ChronologyPart 6 IntroductionPart 7 THE DICTIONARYPart 8 AppendixesChapter 9 1. Resolution of the Continental Congress Adopting of the Continental ArmyChapter 10 2. Resolution of the Continental Congress Appointing George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental ArmyChapter 11 3. Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff of the ArmyChapter 12 4. Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the ArmyChapter 13 5. Sergeants Major of the ArmyChapter 14 6. Campaigns of the United States ArmyChapter 15 7. United States Army Casualties by WarChapter 16 8. United States Army Rank InsigniaPart 17 BibliographyPart 18 About the Author