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02466aam a2200421 a 4500 001 46114888E96C11DFB3A6AA996AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20230114020400 008 090526s2009 nmuab b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2009021263 020 $a 0826338437 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780826338433 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)361947881 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d CDX $d GEBAY $d PZU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a F592 $b .W865 2009 050 00 $a F592 $b .W865 2009 100 1 $a Wooster, Robert, $d 1956- 245 1 $a The American military frontiers : $b the United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 / $c Robert Wooster. 260 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2009. 300 $a xvi, 361 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Histories of the American frontier. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-350) and index. 505 0 $a Defeat and victory in the Ohio Valley -- Sword of the nation -- Sharpening the nation's sword -- Asserting national sovereignty -- The wars of Indian removal -- Agent of manifest destiny -- Constabularies in blue -- Frontier regulars and the collapse of the Union -- Civil wars in the borderlands -- The regulars return -- Testing the peace policy -- Conquest of a continent -- Epilogue : the long frontier. 520 $a For the U.S. Army, Western experiences illustrated its role in ensuring national security and in fostering national development. Its soldiers performed feats of great heroism and rank cruelty. Debates regarding the military's role in projecting Indian policy, the division of power between state and federal authorities, and the size of a professional military establishment reveal the inconsistency in the nation's views of its army. 651 0 $a West (U.S.) $x History, Military $y 19th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $y 19th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z West (U.S.) 830 0 $a Histories of the American frontier. 941 $a 5 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040408.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214013541.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161103031718.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20110115010945.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20101106040651.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46114888E96C11DFB3A6AA996AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search