Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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