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'''Ticonderoga class''' cruisers are major surface combatants of the United States Navy, principally as the primary escort ship for a Carrier Strike Group or *Crew: 24 Officers, 340 Enlisted.

...latin''' (1761 - 1849) was an American politician who served as the United States [[Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1801 to 1814 under presidents [[Thomas J ...ilitia, terrorized conservatives in Pittsburgh, threatened federal revenue officers with death, and called for rebellion.

...'', and by people not supporting the withdrawal from the U.S., ''the rebel states''. ...a period of [[reconstruction]] before returning to full standing again as states in the U.S.

{{r|Anne Cahn}} treasurer (Member of the Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace; Author of Killing Détente; former Director, Committee ...has written about the right to information in Latin America and the United States. She is a member of the advisory boards of the World Policy Journal, the Jo

..., Count Rumford.jpg|right|266px|Colonel Benjamin Thompson, FRS, in British army uniform. Painting by Thomas Gainsborough 1783}} ...r career achievements include attaining the rank of colonel in the British army, being elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in England in 1779, being

...which affected their approach to the Strategic Hamlet Program wanted the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] to be mobile and aggressive against the Viet c ...ce Agency]], [[Agency for International Development]], and [[United States Army Special Forces]]. The Marines, with responsibility for [[I Corps tactical z

...ter 1828 Calhoun reversed directions and became the foremost spokesman for states rights and slavery.<ref> Capers says it was caused by opportunism; when Cal ...fective navy, including steam frigates, and in the second place a standing army of adequate size; and as further preparation for emergency "great permanent

...at many other nations did not either provide materials or encourage client states to do so, or that there was not a brisk business by private arms traders. | title = The United States and the Gulf War

...e of Midway]] in June, the field was pressed into American service. [[U.S. Army]] forces later supplemented, and eventually relieved, the Marines. ...eved strongly in a Germany-first policy and who did not want to divert any army or air force resources to support a Pacific offensive. Eventually, King thr

| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops ...1945, she on-loaded her first combat cargo-miscellaneous units of the 10th Army, including signal battalions, military police, a weather squadron, communic

...itary men regarded the United States as a potential enemy, that the United States intelligence effort towards Japan was inadequate, and developed insights it ...], brother of [[Hirohito]], when the Prince and his wife toured the United States.<ref>{{citation

..., who had also been supported by the U.S., who had sent in [[United States Army Special Forces]]. Some minor territorial disputes also were resolved. ...sheltered an actual military force of 3,000 soldiers, the "Iran Liberation Army (ILA)", under Ghoylam Ali Ovisi, who had been the military commander of Te

...h Vietnam was that a government seen as too much of a client of the United States would have trouble with its own legitimacy, but, at least in 1964-1965, nee | publisher = Foreign Relations of the United States

...y to break down class distinction and make the leadership (i.e., political officers, cadre, commissars) more legitimate to the troops. It should be noted that ...ounter the new U.S. techniques, inflict significant casualties on the U.S. Army, and, if very lucky, still cut II CTZ in half. That planned movement was ve

'''[[Republicanism]]''' (not synonymous with the [[Republican Party (United States)]]) is the political value system that has dominated American political tho ...it with luxury, Royal appointees not answerable to the people, a standing army, unconstitutional taxes, and, ultimately, an system of rule by an inherited

...) represents both a plan and a planning process which specifies how United States of America|American nuclear weapons would be used in the event of Nuclear w The United States Strategic Command is responsible for the execution of such plans, by whatev

In the United Kingdom, there were both direct sales to both sides in the Iran-Iraq War, b ...Scott arms-to-Iraq inquiry, were subsequently secretly relaxed. After "The United Nations imposed an embargo, to try to restore stability to the region. Brit

The major Allied participants were the United States, Britain and is Commonwealth, including Britain, Australia, New Zealand, an The Axis states which assisted Japan included the Japanese puppet states of [[Manchukuo]] and the Wang Jingwei Government]] in China. [[Thailand]]

...own testimony as proof but it was ignored. He then sued IHR in the United States and the case was subsequently settled for $50,000, plus $40,000 in damages ...many Jews who actually emigrated to Russia, Britain, Israel and the United States are included in the number.''

...ng how much of a change it was, he said "With the advent of the surge, the Army effectively turned the war over to its internal dissidents."<ref name=Ricks ...manual,<ref name = FM3-24>{{citation | publisher = US Department of the Army

...ission was a CIA activities in Asia-Pacific#Korea|battleground between the Army tactical information requirements and the need for more global information Since 1954, oversight of United States, high-risk clandestine intelligence collection and covert action has been

| location_country = United States * 1917: The NAACP wins the fight to commission African-Americans as officers during World War One.

...ber 19, 1919&ndash;August 10, 2005), [[Captain (naval)|Captain]], [[United States Navy]] (retired), was an aviator, a [[World War II]] flying ace, and founde ...r significant driving factor for Voris (and the secrecy) was the fact that Army Air Corps aeronautical genius, hero and legend, [[James Doolittle|Jimmy Doo

| title = IN ITS OWN WORDS: The U.S. Army and Antipersonnel Mines in the Korean and Vietnam Wars ...ired the use of those undeniably militarily useful weapons." Many of these officers had direct and personal combat experience; one, GEN H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr

'''William F. "Bull" Halsey''' (1882-1959) was a admiral of the [[United States Navy]], a colorful and inspirational combat leader in the [[Second World Wa Born into a Navy family, he graduated from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1904, specializing in [[torpedo]] warfare. "He commande

...of major powers, especially France and the United States of America|United States, and to a lesser extent China and the Soviet Union, were as much an influen ...ifties, the U.S. advisors focused on building a "mirror image" of the U.S. Army, designed to meet and defeat a conventional invasion. <ref name=PntV1Ch05Se

...CNT support for the Popular Front in 1936 was an important motive for the army's decision to rebel. ===The Army===

...s of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. Among the wealthiest men in the [[United Kingdom|British]] American colonies, he is known as the ''Penman of the Rev ...753 it was apparent that the place he really needed to study was [[London, United Kingdom|London]], and in spite of having already lost three sons while maki

...asized states rights. The party opposed a strong judiciary and opposed the army and navy (calling for reliance on the state militias instead). Its guiding ...e [[Bank of the United States]]) as unconstitutional. The party promoted [[states' rights]] and the primacy of the yeoman farmer over bankers, industrialists

...and Secretary of Commerce who was elected the 31st President of the United States. Elected in 1928, his [[associtationalism|associationalist]] policies were ...ith a proposal of marriage. Herbert traveled to China by way of the United States, and on [[February 10]], 1899, he and Lou Henry were married in the sitting

...34th [[President of the United States of America|president]] of the United States (1953-1961). ...out of politics until 1952, when he became the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s presidential nominee and was elected president by a l

...c Party (United States), history|Democratic]] 33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953. He dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Jap ...one daughter, Margaret, who married a ''New York Times'' editor. With an army buddy he invested his savings in a Kansas City haberdashery, but this ventu

...European Union's Eurocorps and the U.S. Restructuring of the United States Army. A trend in these organizations is to assign considerable resources for th ...U.S., had assistants that coordinated subgroups of the staff. In the U.S. Army, the executive officer typically was responsible for personnel and logistic

* Venzon, Anne ed. ''The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia'' (1995) * Passingham, Ian. ''All the Kaiser's Men: The Life & Death of the German Army on the Western Front 1914-1918,'' (2nd ed 2006) 288pp

...ich allowed attacks to be launched or controlled from their territory. The United Nations neither approved nor censured the invasion, which was never a forma ...of 1991, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The Gulf War had United Nations authorization. Further, both these wars should be differentiated f

...his own image was equally a desire to perpetuate the spirit of the Union's army, and its patriotism and suffering. "As the story of his life is pursued, th There have been some suggestions that one of his junior officers originally started the bayonet charge, but there is little question Chamber

This article deals with activities of the [[United States intelligence community]] in the region of Americas; since the creation of t | title = Foreign Relations of the United States 1961-1963, Volume X Cuba, 1961-1962

...nchamber.com/history/parthians/parthian_army.php History of Iran, Parthian Army]. Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2007-06-11</ref> The heavy cavalry fought ...a pinching motion after the opponent has advanced towards the center of an army which is responding by moving its outside forces to the enemy's flanks, in

...Hitler, and their only real strategy was to persuade leaders of the German Army to stage a [[Coup d'état|coup]] against the regime: the 1944 assassination ...in 1942, they were able to make contact with a significant number of Army officers who were convinced that Hitler was leading Germany to disaster, although th

...coordination of high-performance [[United States Air Force]] and [[United States Navy]] high-performance aircraft in [[close air support]]. [[Special reconn | publisher = US Department of the Army

...tee (HASC)''' has legislative jurisdiction over the military of the United States. Specifically, under the House Rules, it has authority over: #Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy, and Air Force reservations and establishments.

...1917), later joined by [[Italy]], and many other countries. The [[United States of America|U.S.]], initially neutral, tried to broker a settlement but in A ...-Hungarian, Russian, and Turkish empires, ruin Italy, and leave the United States the dominant power on the globe. The British Empire survived the war, altho

...in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman to advise the president of the United States on matters relating to national security. Established by a [[National Secur ...t, in hindsight, may not have been in the long-term interest of the United States.

...by Civilian Irregular Defense Group light forces. In 1966, a small United States Marine Corps base was built next to it. The main '''Battle of Khe Sanh''', ...ion-size elements of the People's Army of Viet Nam (PAVN). Massive United States Air Force support, using what, for the time, were Controlling close support

...lt.aspx}}</ref>, whose conduct was the subject of an adverse report by the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEven ...rotests by sacking his Cabinet and appointing a new Prime Minister, former army general Marouf Bakhit<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-1233

...ish Army in Concord Detail.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Depictions of the British Army marching to Concord in April, 1775. This is a hand colored engraving by Amo ...ical tactics had failed, and the [[Great Britain|British]] sent a combat [[army]] to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] to overawe the rebels. On April 18, 1

...1814. In 1815 he returned from exile, took control of France, built a new army, and in 100 days almost succeeded--but was defeated at Waterloo and exiled ...f from counter-revolutionaries, and became the operational planner for the Army of Italy and planned two successful attacks in April 1794. He married Jose

The diplomatic history of the United States oscillated among three positions: isolation from diplomatic entanglements ( ==Timeline of United States diplomatic history==

This article deals with activities of the United States intelligence community (IC) related to transnational crime, including the i ...the Department of Homeland Security, although it can operate under United States Navy control in combat situations.

...uelapdex.htm ''The Sequel of Appomattox, A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States''(1918)]. Popular summary of Dunning School by leading scholar. * Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. ''A History of the United States since the Civil War''. Vol 1 and vol 2 (1917). Based on [[Dunning School]]

Air targeting officers did not see enemy cities as mere passive housing tracts filled with innocen ...ing to tactical ground-support and interdiction bombers (medium land-based Army and Marine, and light carrier-based Navy planes), and 20% to fighters (whic

| authorlink = United States Department of Defense ...e checks and balances, as in the Soviet Union relying on the Party and the Army to check the Organs of State Security.

...les for the northern provinces, far from major cities, with the [[People's Army of Viet Nam]] being willing to sustain exceptionally heavy casualties {{seealso|Vietnam, war, and the United States of America}}

...phazardly attacked them. <ref>Zucchino, pp. 14-15</ref> Senior Iraqi Army officers seemed to believe their own propaganda and assume that the war would go wel | author - Army Maj. Gen. Buford C. Blount III | date= May 15, 2003

...'' or "Klan") is the name of various secretive hate groups in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], a movement begun directly after the [[American Civil War ...t in, with the Klan's leadership disowning violence, and [[Southern United States|Southern]] elites seeing the Klan as an excuse for federal troops to contin

...r the full implementation of the Vietnamization doctrine, the U.S. saw the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) as taking responsibility for '''ground c ...in 1975, according to Bui Diem, South Vietnam's Ambassador to the United States between 1969 and 1972, said that President Thieu, even after the resignatio

...[[North Vietnam/Definition|North Vietnam]] and its allies fought [[United States of America|U.S.]] forces and eventually took over [[South Vietnam]], formin .../ref> It provided for unification elections under the supervision of the [[United Nations]], but was rejected by the Soviet delegation and North Vietnamese.<

This article deals with activities of the United States intelligence community in the Asia/Pacific geopolitical area. It includes t | title = The United States and the Chinese Nuclear Program, 1960-1964

{{Image|Civil war map.png|right|350px|Map depicting slave and free states during the war.}} ...between the '''[[United States of America|U.S.A.]]''' and eleven Southern states that attempted to form a new nation, had a death toll of over 600,000 lives

...ublican vote, Wilson was elected President as a [[Democratic Party (United States), history|Democrat]] in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Demo ...ir church. The father also briefly served as a chaplain to the Confederate army. Wilson’s father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Chu

...e moved more into military and terrorist activity. He was killed by United States forces in a nighttime attack on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. ...h more lethal potential than any other nonstate threat faced by the United States.<ref name=Scheuer2005>{{citation

...efinition is defined in Title 22 of the U.S. Code, Section 2656f(d), which states: "The term ‘terrorism’ means premeditated, politically motivated violen ...e Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms''] Washington , DC : United States Department of Defense, 12 April 2001 – As amended through 5 June 2003, p.

...efinition is defined in Title 22 of the U.S. Code, Section 2656f(d), which states: "The term ‘terrorism’ means premeditated, politically motivated violen ...e Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms''] Washington , DC : United States Department of Defense, 12 April 2001 – As amended through 5 June 2003, p.

...memorate his feats (of sabotaging bridges to slow down the colonial French-army advances) and heroism (being on the French most-wanted list,<ref name=Coope ...ue]] classmates based in Vietnam, mostly high-level officers of the French army,<!--{{sfn|Tran-Thi-Lien|2002|p=299}}--><ref name=Tran-Thi-Lien /><sup>: 299

...part of the [[United States Department of Defense]] and also the [[United States intelligence community]]. Its headquarters are at [[Fort Meade]], [[Marylan :#As a member of the [[United States intelligence community]], it has the principal responsibility for collectin

...has often been populated by multiple cultures and/or governed by multiple states simultaneously. The Shang state was only one of many states in the region at the same time; it bordered at least two dozen neighboring

...leonic wars, based on transatlantic corn and tobacco trade with the United States and on the slave-labour sugar plantations they owned in the West Indies. Wi ...d required attendance; the abolition of the purchase of commissions in the army, and of religious tests for admission to Oxford and Cambridge; the introduc

...orea), supported by the [[United States of America]] and a multinational [[United Nations]] force. ...out from the Pusan Perimeter, turned the tide. The [[North Korean People's Army]] (NKPA) disintegrated as the allies moved north, with UN approval, to unif

...leonic wars, based on transatlantic corn and tobacco trade with the United States and on the slave-labour sugar plantations they owned in the West Indies. Wi ...d required attendance; the abolition of the purchase of commissions in the army, and of religious tests for admission to Oxford and Cambridge; the introduc

{{seealso|United States Special Operations Command}} This article deals with activities of the United States intelligence community in Africa. Previously, this would have been synony

As one of the original 13 United States which won their independence from Great Britain during the [[American Revol ...Virginia grew less rapidly than industrial states to the north, or cotton states to the south. The state exported young people and slaves to form plantation

...ographical Society|FRGS]] ([[April 15]], 1786 - [[June 11]], 1847) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] sea captain and [[Arctic]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] ...nry Aston Barker at his establishment in [[Leicester Square]] in [[London, United Kingdom|London]]. At the Admiralty, Sir [[John Barrow]] was sufficiently i

...ration, however, he had only nonspecific instructions to attack the United States, was given only seed money, and told to recruit his own cell members. ...ncern was finishing Afghanistan, and then dealing slowly with other Muslim states. Zawahiri wanted to act against Hosni Mubarrak of Egypt. Bin Laden thought

...ographical Society|FRGS]] ([[April 15]], 1786 - [[June 11]], 1847) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] sea captain and [[Arctic]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] ...nry Aston Barker at his establishment in [[Leicester Square]] in [[London, United Kingdom|London]]. At the Admiralty, Sir [[John Barrow]] was sufficiently i

| title = People's war, People's Army ...ee. [turning to the Declaration of the French Revolution in 1791, "It also states Men are born, must be free, and have equal rights. These are undeniable tru

...state)]] (1942-53) and Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (1954-69). He is best known for the sweeping liberal decisions of the [[W ...nd a LL.B. in 1914. He worked for a law firm before serving briefly in the army in 1918. He built his career at the [[Alameda County]] [[district attorney]

| publisher = [[United States Holocaust Museum]]}}</ref> ...the entire family naked at the SS hospital, in front of an audience of SS officers and camp guards, many of whom had been brought, by bus and car, from distan

...very]] were destroyed. Reconstruction addressed the return of the Southern states that had seceded, the status of ex-Confederate leaders, and the Constitutio ...edmen, [[Carpetbagger]]s and [[Scalawag]]s controlled most of the southern states. In the so-called '''Redemption, 1873-77''', white supremacist Southerners

...a]] and a leader of the progressive wing of the [[Republican Party (United States), history|Republican Party]] and of the [[Progressive Era|Progressive Movem ...d ran in the 1912 election on his own one-time [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Bull Moose]] ticket. Roosevelt lost but pulled so many Progressives

...umb|left|United States citizenship confers the right to acquire a [[United States passport|U.S. passport]].]] ...erica|United States]]''' is a status given to a legal member of the United States.<ref name=tws19nov24>{{cite news

...1956, but never took place. Nevertheless, a complex and powerful [[United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam]] was always present after the French ha ...ollapsed]] after being invaded by the DRV in 1975, and the two halves were united. The televised images of the [[T-54 (tank)|T-54]] [[tank (military)|tank]]s

...and security, ASA was withdrawn from G-2 control and resubordinated to the Army Chief of Staff as a field operating agency. Under the US Marines,<ref name= ...coordination. Units still belonged to their parent service, such as the [[Army Security Agency]] and [[Naval Security Group]]. Some SIGINT personnel were

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...military doctrine|grand strategy, between the Host Nation (HN), the United States, and other governments and nongovernmental organizations helping the HN. Th | publisher = U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

...ng as a '''military leader''', often to a level that professional military officers considered micromanaging. He served as an enlisted courier in [[World War O ...ary, eventually sacrificing Ernst Roehm and his plans for a "revolutionary army" in which the SA would replace the Reichswehr. Eventually, however, Hitler

...ect non-stop transatlantic flight''' was accomplished by a pair of British officers in the Royal Flying Corps, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitte On 2-3 May 1923, two American Army Air Service lieutenants, Oakley Kelly and John A. Macready, flew the '''fir

* Rhodes, James Ford. ''History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850'' (1920 and numerous editions) his 5-volume his ...Lincoln's Army' Revisited: Partisanship, Institutional Position, and Union Army Command, 1861–1865." ''Studies in American Political Development'' (2002)

| title = Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asi ...nition of a need for more trust among Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States. <ref name=CFR2009-05-07>{{citation

...ates. A rich slave state based on cotton, it was inspired by the brilliant states' rights theorist [[John C. Calhoun]]; it took the lead in forming the Confe ...n of Independence. The British invaded in 1780, capturing a large American army, and set up a networks of forts designed to attract Loyalists. Nasty guerri

...lting from betrayal &mdash; a "stab in the back" &mdash; of the undefeated army by the SPD, the liberals, the intellectuals and the Jews. ...ndenburg, along with all the top generals, who recognised that the Germany Army was defeated. But in spite of spin that historians want to place on the my

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...3), often referred to as '''LBJ''', was the 36th [[President of the United States of America]] (1963–1969). After serving in the House and Senate since 19 ...of turmoil in the [[Democratic Party]] over [[Vietnam, war, and the United States|Vietnam]], race, and widespread crime and rioting. He withdrew from the rac

...exchange gifts, while maintaining complete autonomy. Many of the tributary states received from China the rights toward the international trade within the tr ...ion, China had to fulfill its promise to provide security to its tributary states. The Chinese authorities feared greatly that the China's loss of legitimacy

...srupted by the [[Mongol]] invasion of 1253, when part of [[Kublai Khan]]'s army advanced down the Mekong to attack the Khmers. In the wake of the Mongol wi ..., where he married a royal princess. In 1353 he returned at the head of an army (presumably with Khmer aid), captured Xiang Dong Xiang Thong and founded a

During World War II, the U.S. Army asked Harley-Davidson to produce a motorcycle as good as BMW's side-valve R [[Image:Ovcops600.jpg|thumb|left|Oro Valley, AZ motor officers with BMW R1100RT-Ps]]

...pril 12, 1945), often called '''FDR''', was 32nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1933 to 1945. He is best known for confronting the Great ...r unions and big city machines re-energized the [[Democratic Party (United States), History|Democratic Party]]. The millions of new voters he attracted cause

...ritain]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]] and the [[United States of America|United States]] were capable of fighting, and did carry out, '''air war'''. ...phibious warfare]] tactics and capabilities were primitive, and the German Army and Navy believed an invasion could succeed only if the German Air Force co

...ple named "polanians" or "people of the open fields." In 1492 (when it was united with Lithuania), the king controlled some 435,000 square miles. In 1634, w ...m. The monarchs themselves lacked the resources needed to maintain such an army. Therefore, they had to get the approval of the parliament for any major ex

...nt attack” could be stretched to include every case in history in which an army or unit ended up surrounded by the enemy and attacked from all sides during | publisher=Department of the Army

...|Marvel Characters, Inc.]] and [[DC Comics]] share ownership of the United States [[trademark]] for the phrases "Super Hero" and "Super Heroes" and these two ...e most widely-recognized, Batman and Superman, wear capes. In fact, police officers in Batman’s home of [[Gotham City]] have used the word "cape" as a [[shor