从本质上讲，德克萨斯州的历史就是军事史。《德克萨斯州军事史》是德克萨斯州第一部单卷军事史，从哥伦布时代之前美洲原住民部落之间的冲突到美国太空部队作为21世纪国家军队的最新分支的成立。作者洛伊德·乌格罗（Loyd Uglow）没有对发生的事情提出新的理论，而是综合了对德克萨斯州军事历史的不同观点，形成了一个公平处理不同解释的叙事，并认识到每一种解释都有一定程度的真实性，即使强调那些似乎最可信的解释。Uglow将德克萨斯州军事历史的各个引人入胜的方面联系到一个统一的体验中。章节涵盖了欧洲人之前德克萨斯州的战争主题；西班牙的军事活动；针对西班牙和墨西哥的革命；墨西哥战争中的德克萨斯人和德克萨斯人；德克萨斯边境战前和战后的战争；德克萨斯州的内战；德克萨斯流浪者队；1910-1920年墨西哥革命期间的边境战争；德克萨斯州和世界大战；以及德克萨斯州的现代军队。对军事术语和实践的简要解释，以及德克萨斯州军事行动与其他时间和地点军事行动之间的相似之处，将叙事与世界军事史的更广泛背景联系起来。一部德克萨斯州的军事史被完整地记录下来，通过引人入胜的叙述和敏锐的分析，旨在让广大读者能够理解和感兴趣。它将在业余或专业军事历史学家、德克萨斯州所有事物的忠实粉丝和军事史新手的收藏中找到一个受欢迎的位置。
A Military History of Texas
In its essence, Texas history is military history. Comprehensive in scope, A Military History of Texas provides the first single-volume military history of Texas from pre-Columbian clashes between Native American tribes to the establishment of the United States Space Force as the newest branch of the nation’s military in the twenty-first century. Rather than creating new theories of what happened, author Loyd Uglow synthesizes competing views of Texas’s military past into a narrative that deals evenhandedly with different interpretations, and recognizes that there is a measure of truth in each one, even while emphasizing those that seem most plausible. Uglow ties the various engrossing aspects of Texas military history into one unified experience. Chapters cover topics of warfare in Texas before the Europeans; Spanish military activities; revolutions against Spain and then Mexico; Texas and Texans in the Mexican War; ante- and post-bellum warfare on the Texas frontier; the Civil War in Texas; the Texas Rangers; border warfare during the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920; Texas and the world wars; and the modern military in Texas. Brief explanations of military terminology and practice, as well as parallels between Texas military actions and ones in other times and places, connect the narrative to the broader context of world military history. Thoroughly documented, with an engaging narrative and perceptive analysis, A Military History of Texas is designed to be accessible and interesting to a broad range of readers. It will find a welcome place in the collections of amateur or professional military historians, devoted fans of all things Texan, and newcomers to military history.
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