American Military History

About the Book

This booklet displays the casualties and financial costs for military engagements fought by The USA, including the numbers of American military personnel killed-in-action, other war-related deaths, wounded-in-action, prisoners of war, and missing in action. There is a schedule showing the territorial build-up of the USA and the financial cost of those several land masses, schedules showing deaths, wounded, and monetary costs for every war, a schedule for each war listing the USA casualties for each major battle or campaign, and a schedule showing the comparative war deaths among the civilian and military populations by nation for both world wars. Annual battle deaths are shown for each of the past 230 years compared to the populations. Financial costs are shown for each war in "at-time" dollars and in current dollars; and direct dollar costs are shown for each of the past 230 years compared to total federal government spending. Financial costs are also shown for each of the forty-three presidential terms in at-time dollars and in current dollars.

About the Author

Donald F. Fies lives with his wife, Gale, in San Antonio, Texas. They have been married for 45 years and they have three sons. Don was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has an M.B.A. From The University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut and an A.B. degree from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.