The First Way of War : American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814

The First Way of War : American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814

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Book Description
This book explores the evolution of American war, showing how the first war waged against Indian noncombatant populations and their agricultural resources became the standard method of war employed by early Americans and which ultimately defined their military heritage. The bloodthirsty American conquest of Indian communities east of the Mississippi River helps demonstrate how early Americans embraced warfare shaped by extravagant violence and focused on conquest. Grenier provides a major revision in understanding the place of warfare directed on noncombatants in the American military tradition, and his conclusions are relevant to understand US 'special operations' in the War on Terror.

About the Author
John Grenier is Associate Professor of History at the United States Air Force Academy.

The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814,John Grenier,Cambridge University Press,0521845661,1600-1750,1750-1815,Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,History,History - General History,History - U.S.,History: American,Indians of North America,Military - United States,United States - Colonial Period,Wars,History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775),USA,Warfare & Defence

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