Richard Estep, author and researcher, has written twenty books, including Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers. He has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. He makes his home in Colorado, a few miles north of Denver, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. U.S. Armed Forces Basics

2. Army ... The Revolutionary War ... West Point ... The U.S. Civil War ... World War I ... World War II ... The War in Korea ... Vietnam ... Desert Storm

3. Navy ... The Revolutionary War ... The Quasi-War ... Barbary War ... The Naval Academy ... The Civil War ... Turn of the Twentieth Century ... World War I ... World War II ... Vietnam ... Naval Aircraft ... Submarines ... The Future of the Navy

4. Marines ... Marine Basics ... Establishment of the Marine Corps ...War of 1812 ... The Mexican-American, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars ... World War I ... World War II ... Korea ... Vietnam ... Lebanon ... Grenada ... Desert Shield and Desert Storm

5. Coast Guard ... Origins of the Coast Guard ... World War I ... World War II and Korea ... The Greatest Rescue of All Time ... Vietnam ... The Coast Guard in the Twenty-first Century

6. Air Force ... Early History ... U.S. Army Air Corps and World War II ... The Air Force after World War II ... The Cold War ... The Age of Jet Planes ... Korea ... Vietnam ... The Air Force after Vietnam ... Air Force One ... Drones and Other Modern Aircraft

6. Space Force ... Early Space Defenses ... Establishment of the Space Force ... NORAD

7. Special Operations Forces ... The Rangers ... Marine Raiders ... Marine Force Recon ... Army Special Forces ... Delta Force ... Navy SEALS ... Night Stalkers

8. The Future
Further Reading
Index