English Summary/英文概要： The four volumes of The Complete Medal of Honor present the full citations of the 3,546 awards granted to 3,526 men (nineteen were double recipients) and one woman between the start of the Civil War in 1861 and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021.

This second volume covers the seven and a half decades between the end of the Civil War and America’s entry into World War II. In that period the Medal of Honor was awarded to US combatants and non-combatants for conspicuous bravery in a series of small wars—some, like the Korean Expedition of 1871, lasting a matter of weeks, others, like the Indian Wars of 1861–98, drawn over decades—and some much larger conflicts like World War I. The full citation for every recipient of the USA’s highest award for bravery during that period is reproduced here.

Kevin Brazier has long been intrigued by medals and medal recipients, in particular by the VC, Britain’s highest award for gallantry. His study of the history of the Victoria Cross led to his definitive work The Complete Victoria Cross, and he has also compiled similarly comprehensive books on the George Cross and the Blue Max. This new book on the VCs awarded during the Anglo-Zulu and Boer wars complements his earlier writing on heroism in the British armed forces.