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02982aam a2200481 i 4500 001 CF449EA4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 160317s2016 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016012697 020 $a 0786499206 020 $a 9780786499205 035 $a (OCoLC)945121404 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d NBU $d PUL $d BTCTA $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCL $d UND $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usp-- $a n-usp-- 050 00 $a E179.5 $b .F59 2016 082 00 $a 978/.02 $2 23 100 1 $a Flynn, Matthew J., $e author. 245 10 $a Settle and conquer : $b militarism on the American frontier, 1607-1890 / $c Matthew J. Flynn. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c 2016. 300 $a vii, 246 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index. 505 0 $a The insurgents: first contacts and the Indian way of war -- Stopping outside intervention: European foes and the permanent Indian frontier -- Paramilitary forces: frontiersmen, explorers, mountain men and opening the west -- Winning hearts and minds: removal and the promise of Indian country -- Search and destroy: rangers, militia, volunteers and the first way of war -- Pacification: soldiers and the pursuit of total war -- Sustaining the home front: settlement and the triumph of the peace policy -- Security force operations: reservations and the last Indian wars -- The ultimate counterinsurgency success. 520 $a "This rereading of the history of American westward expansion examines the destruction of Native American cultures as a successful campaign of "counterinsurgency." Paramilitary figures such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett "opened the West" and frontiersmen infiltrated the enemy, learning Indian tactics and launching "search and destroy" missions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Territorial expansion. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Wars $z West (U.S.) 650 0 $a Land settlement $z West (U.S.) $x History. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Expansion territoriale. 650 7 $a Indians of North America $x Wars. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00969954 650 7 $a Land settlement. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00991305 650 7 $a Territorial expansion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355135 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a West United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01243255 650 7 $a Eroberung $2 gnd 650 7 $a Siedlung $2 gnd 651 7 $a Frontier $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Flynn, Matthew J. $t Settle and conquer. $d Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016] $z 9781476622637 $w (OCoLC)953032455 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724073508.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CF449EA4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search