{"id":11,"date":"2013-05-19T03:28:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2016-01-19T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:21:46","slug":"textbooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks","title":{"rendered":"Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please be aware that each of these books can be purchased at significantly discounted rates via on-line booksellers. To view representative discounted prices for new and used copies of the books required for\u00a0this course\u00a0simply click on the titles or book covers below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>REQUIRED:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.westpointhistoryofwarfare.com\/products\/wphw-u-s-military-history-edition\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/wphw\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/WPHW.png\" data-orig-size=\"76,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WPHW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/WPHW.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/WPHW.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1090 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/WPHW.png\" alt=\"WPHW\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.westpointhistoryofwarfare.com\/products\/wphw-u-s-military-history-edition\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The <\/em><em>West Point History of Warfare (US Military History Edition) <\/em><\/a>[Online only]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alternate text:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Military-History-Colonial-MySearchLab\/dp\/0205912133\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368886261&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=american+military+history\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/amer-mil-hist-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Amer-Mil-Hist1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"77,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amer Mil Hist\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Amer-Mil-Hist1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Amer-Mil-Hist1.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17\" title=\"American Military History\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Amer-Mil-Hist1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"77\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>William T. Allison, Jeffrey Grey and Janet G. Valentine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Military-History-Colonial-MySearchLab\/dp\/0205912133\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368856119&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=American+Military+History%3A+A+Survey+from+Colonial+Times+to+the+Present\" target=\"_blank\"><em>American Military History: A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present<\/em><\/a>, 2d ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Civil-Diary-Fifteenth-Infantry-1861-1863\/dp\/0807123285\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368886327&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=civil+war+diary+of+cyrus\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/civwar-diary-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/CivWar-Diary2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"64,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CivWar Diary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/CivWar-Diary2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/CivWar-Diary2.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20\" title=\"Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/CivWar-Diary2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Cyrus F. Boyd, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Civil-Diary-Fifteenth-Infantry-1861-1863\/dp\/0807123285\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368856159&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Civil+War+Diary+of+Cyrus+F.+Boyd%2C+Fifteenth+Iowa+Infantry%2C+1861-1863\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, 1861-1863<\/em><\/a>, Mildred Throne, ed. (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1998)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa\/dp\/0891419063\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368886371&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=with+the+old+breed+at+peleliu+and+okinawa\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/old-breed\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Old-Breed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"67,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old Breed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Old-Breed.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Old-Breed.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23 size-full\" title=\"With the Old Breed\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Old-Breed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>E. B. Sledge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa\/dp\/0891419063\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368856187&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=With+the+Old+Breed+at+Peleliu+and+Okinawa\" target=\"_blank\"><em>With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa<\/em><\/a>. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Warriors-Infantrymans-Vietnam-Robert-Tonsetic\/dp\/089141844X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368886436&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=warriors+infantryman%27s+memoir\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/warriors\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Warriors.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"60,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Warriors\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Warriors.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Warriors.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24 size-full\" title=\"Warriors\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/Warriors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Robert Tonsetic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Warriors-An-Infantrymans-Memoir-Vietnam\/dp\/089141844X\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368856218&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=Warriors%3A+An+Infantryman%E2%80%99s+Memoir+of+Vietnam\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Warriors: An Infantryman\u2019s Memoir of Vietnam<\/em><\/a>. (New York: Ballantine Books, 2004)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED<\/strong><\/span> (though not required):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/U-S-Army-Doctrine-American-Revolution\/dp\/0700618066\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368886515&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=us+army+doctrine\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/textbooks\/us-doctrine\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/US-Doctrine.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"83,125\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"US Doctrine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/US-Doctrine.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/US-Doctrine.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25\" title=\"US Army Doctrine\" src=\"http:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/files\/2013\/05\/US-Doctrine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>Walter E. Kretchik, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/U-S-Army-Doctrine-American-Revolution\/dp\/0700618066\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368856350&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=walter+kretchik\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Army Doctrine: From the American Revolution to the War on Terror<\/a><\/em>. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please be aware that each of these books can be purchased at significantly discounted rates via on-line booksellers. To view representative discounted prices for new and used copies of the books required for\u00a0this course\u00a0simply click on the titles or book<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6FjHf-b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoke-network.org\/courses\/usmilitary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}