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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN: 978-1-4222-3356-6 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-4222-8596-1 (ebook)

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

About the Author: Writer and editor John Ziff lives near Philadelphia.

Picture Credits: courtesy Dwight D. Eisenhower Library: 53; Everett Collection: 19, 31; Library of Congress: 10, 17, 21 (left, center); National Archives: 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 48, 50, 51; © OTTN Publishing: 9; used under license from Shutterstock, Inc.: 21 (right); Traci Law / Shutterstock.com: 7; courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library: 24, 36; United Nations photo: 14, 16, 23, 38; U.S. Air Force photo: 11, 40, 46, 54, 55, 56; U.S. Military Academy at West Point: 49; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 12.