American Military History

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 are schedules 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 deaths among the civilian and military populations by nation for both world wars. Annual battle deaths are shown for each of the past 231 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 231 years compared to total federal government spending. Battle deaths are displayed by presidential terms. Government spending and the direct war costs are also shown for each of the forty-three presidential terms in 'at-time' dollars and in current dollars. The federal government income, spending, and surpluses or deficits are shown for each of the past 231 years; and spending, surpluses or deficits are listed for all of the forty-three presidential terms in office, Defense Department spending is analyzed in detail for the past six years starting with Year 2001.