Answer:
The action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality
The author is talking about how the us had to waste countless lives in wars against the communist and it seems he/she is trying to convince the reader about how absurd this situation is and how we should stop sending our soldiers to fight these dumb wars that have started for reasons unexplained.
(sorry if this doesn't help i tried to point out a main idea)
Well lexington and concord were the first 2 battles fought in the revolutionary war. so i would say them... if you need ore then i believe it is bosyon and bunker hill after that.