The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814

This book explores the evolution of Americans' first way of war, to show how war waged again Indian noncombatant population and agricultural resources became the method early Americans' employed and, ultimately, defined their military heritage. The sanguinary story of the American conquest of the Indian peoples east of the Mississippi River helps demonstrate how early Americans embraced warfare shaped by extravagant violence and focused on conquest. Grenier provides a major revision in understanding the place of warfare directed on noncombatants in the American military tradition, and his conclusions are relevant to understand US special operations in the War on Terror.

Author: John Grenier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780521732635
ISBN10: 0521732638
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | Military | United States

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