The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814 BISAC-MED108000 For author Patty Howard

For author Patty Howard

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The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814 BISAC-MED108000 For author Patty HowardThis 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.