Learn the fascinating stories of the spies, warriors, commanders, and adversaries who have thwarted America for the past three centuries. Mangas Coloradas in the Old Southwest, Charles Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse, Erwin Rommel at Kasserine Pass, Saburo Sakai in the skies of New Guinea, Vo Nguyen Giap in the jungles of Vietnam this enticing and readable book chronicles the lives and dubious accomplishments of over 200 leading and lesser-known enemies-men and women who fought, plotted, spied on, and in some instances defeated U.S. forces over the past three centuries.
Present are Indian warriors, German and Japanese fighter pilots, Confederate bushwhackers, Spanish admirals, and a host of femme fatales. These biographies guide readers through numerous frontier wars, colonial conflicts, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican and Civil wars, the Philippine and Boxer insurrections, along with the major wars of the twentieth century.
Heavily illustrated, with each entry containing lengthy bibliographies, America's Military Adversaries is fascinating to browse or a valuable starting point for further research.