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ISBN#: 9781400053
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A no-holds-barred history of the most courageous and successful fighting force the world has ever known: the American military
Don't Tread on Me
by H.W. Crocker III
It can be hard to remember in these days when the Leftist media trumps up stories of U.S. military wrongdoing on a daily basis, but from its beginnings in the American colonists' defense against Indian incursions to the present-day war on terror, the American military has been unsurpassed in its accomplishment and nobility. In Don't Tread on Me, H. W. Crocker III tells the whole riveting story of the four hundred years in which our military have been enforcing peace and justice in North America and the world. He brings to the fore the indomitable grit, courage, imagination and skill of the fighting force that carved out first a continental and then a global empire: a Pax Americana that has been an unalloyed benefit to the world.
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Crocker (prize-winning author of Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church -- A 2,000-Year History, and Robert E. Lee on Leadership), shows how, from the seventeenth century on, Americans have shown a jealous regard for their freedom - and have backed it up with a military prowess virtually unrivalled in history. Not only have Americans excelled at small-unit combat operations (a tradition that includes Rogers' Rangers, Merrill's Marauders, and today's Special Forces), they have also displayed a mastery of naval gunnery and tactics that allowed America's Navy, even in its infancy, to defeat warships of the two great naval powers of the time, France and Britain. Crocker also highlights the courage of the dogface infantry, the fighting leathernecks, and the daring sailors and airmen who turned the tide of battle in America's favor again and again.
From the heroism of the Revolution and the Civil War to the daring adventurism of the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars, from the heartbreaking hand-to-hand combat between brothers of the Civil War to the long hard drive to victory against the Japanese and Germans in World War II, Don't Tread on Me displays the full record of the American fighting man in all its glory. Crocker even details the long twilight struggle against global Communism, as it was fought out in the snows of Korea and the steaming jungles of Vietnam. And he shows how today, U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are adding yet new chapters to this unparalleled story of guts, valor and patriotism.
Don't Tread on Me is a fast-paced, inspiring look at what has - contrary to today's liberal propaganda - always been a force for good in the world: the U.S. Military.
A sampling of Crocker's brawling, sprawling history:
- The decisive role that the mistresses of British generals played in America's victory in the War of Independence
- How the U.S. could have and should have forestalled the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico - in 1848!
- How 1776 actually justified the Southern secession that precipitated the Civil War - as was taught in the pre-Civil War Constitutional law textbook at West Point
- A gripping, blow-by-blow account of the Battle of Gettysburg - showing how close the South came to winning the war
- Why, if the Americans had arrived in Europe even a month later, the Germans might have won World War I
- Why General Patton should have been promoted over General Eisenhower during World War II
- The American general who was told by a foreign leader: "We love you as the savior of our race"
- How American troops could easily have won in Vietnam -- but no one in Lyndon Johnson's Administration was willing to break the stalemate in Vietnam by toppling the Hanoi government
- Bill Clinton: how he dealt American troops like cards around a global card table, without ever thinking in terms of national security
- Why it was right to depose Saddam Hussein - and wrong to worry about a possible Iraqi civil war
"Talk about politically incorrect! Don't Tread on Me is the best, most entertaining account of the American warrior I've ever read. Crocker gets it! So will you." - Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), former military aide to the president, bestselling author of Dereliction of Duty and War Crimes
"Robust and provocative, Don't Tread on Me is a unique addition to any library of American history-and it might try to annex your neighboring volumes." - Tony Blankley, McLaughlin Group panelist, bestselling author of The West's Last Chance
"In Don't Tread on Me, Crocker writes manfully of our nation's proud martial spirit that is assailed on so many sides today. I was ready to head to the nearest armed forces recruiting office after reading it." - Steven F. Hayward, author of Churchill on Leadership and The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980
"The central thrust of Harry Crocker's sparkling book is that a nation's very essence is reflected in the character of its military, that its history is written in the blood and courage of its fighting men. In prose as unblinking as it is fast-moving, he tells the story of the creation of the ‘American Empire.' This book is a true one-of-a-kind; its power flows from Crocker's focus on the dauntless warriors who forged and safeguarded the United States of America." - Lt. Gen. Dave R. Palmer, U.S. Army (Ret.), former superintendent of West Point, author of George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots
"Don't Tread on Me is that rare but admirable thing - a book written from a Tory, Imperialist, Southern Gentleman's perspective. Winston Churchill and Andrew Jackson would both be proud. A rousing read through the rattling good tales of American history." - John O'Sullivan, editor-at-large for National Review
"A book as dashing, formidable, and triumphant as the American fighting man it describes." - Bernard Cornwell, author of Sharpe's Fury
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