The American military frontiers
Subtitle: the United States Army in the West, 1783-1900
By: Robert Wooster.
Series: Histories of the American frontier series
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780826338433
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- 19th century; United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defeat and victory in the Ohio Valley; title: Sword of the nation; title: Sharpening the nation's sword; title: Asserting national sovereignty; title: The wars of Indian removal; title: Agent of manifest destiny; title: Constabularies in blue; title: Frontier regulars and the collapse of the Union; title: Civil wars in the borderlands; title: The regulars return; title: Testing the peace policy; title: Conquest of a continent; title: Epilogue : the long frontier.