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Author:

Maass, John R.

Title:

Defending a new nation, 1783-1811 / by John R. Maass.

Publisher:

Center of Millitary History,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

59 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Indians of North America--Wars.
United States.--Army--History.--History.
United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815.

Other Authors:

Center of Military History.

Notes:

Shipping list no.: 2014-0081-P. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59)

Contents:

Building on Washington's legacy, 1783-1790 -- Securing the frontier -- The Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 -- Institutional changes to meet new challenges, 1795-1800 -- The Army of the early Jefferson administration, 1801-1805 -- The Army and the second Jefferson administration, 1805-1809 -- Clouds on the horizon, 1809-1812.

Summary:

"Tells the story of several military campaigns against Indians in the Northwest Territory, the Army's role in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), the quasi-war with France and confrontations with Spain, the influence of Jeffersonian politics on the Army's structure, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition"--Publisher's website.

Series:

CMH Pub ; 74-1.
U.S. Army campaigns of the War of 1812.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)857716435

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)