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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN: 978-1-4222-3358-0 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-4222-8598-5 (ebook)

Major US Historical Wars series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3352-8

About the Author: Jim Gallagher is a freelance writer. He lives with his wife, LaNelle, and children Donald, Dillon, and Carin in Stockton, New Jersey.

Picture Credits: Central Intelligence Agency: 38 (left); OTTN Publishing: 9, 32 (left); used under license from Shutterstock, Inc.: 11, 20; Ken Tannenbaum / Shutterstock.com: 37; United Nations: 10, 31, 39, 41, 47; Thomas Hartwell/USAID: 50; U.S. Army photo: 51; U.S. Department of Defense: 1, 7, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32 (right), 33, 35, 38 (right), 43, 45, 53 (bottom); U.S. Marine Corps photo: 48, 49; U.S. Navy photo: 13, 52, 53 (top); White House photo: 38 (center), 42.