The Eastern woodlands -- The cutting-off way of war -- The Indians went hunting: Native American expeditionary logistics -- Peace chiefs and blood revenge: patterns of restraint in Native American warfare, 1500-1800 -- Fortify, fight, or flee: Tuscarora and Cherokee defensive warfare and military culture adaptation -- The military revolution of Native North America: firearms, forts, and polities -- Subjects, clients, allies, or mercenaries?: The British use of Irish and Native American military power, 1500-1800 -- War's end.
Summary:
"The cutting-off way of war recasts Indigenous warfare via the lived realities of Indigenous people. Lacking deep reserves, subject to coercive military recruitment, and wary of heavy casualties that tended to amass from siege warfare, Indigenous warriors generally sought to surprise their targets, and the size of the target varied with the size of the attacking force. Lee demonstrates how it worked, detailing Indigenous warfare from precontact through the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.
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