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The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783-1900
ISBN: 9780826338433 | 0826338437
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
Pub. Date: 10/1/2009
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As the fledgling nation looked west to the land beyond the Appalachian Mountains, it turned to the army to advance and defend its national interests. Clashing with Spain, Britain, France, Mexico, the Confederacy, and Indians in this pursuit of expansion, the army's failures and successes alternately delayed and hastened western migration. Roads, river improvements, and railroads, often constructed or facilitated by the army, further solidified the nation's presence as it reached the Pacific Ocean and expanded north and south to the borders of C... MORE
| List of Illustrations | p. viii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Defeat and Victory in the Ohio Valley | p. 1 |
| Sword of the Nation | p. 20 |
| Sharpening the Nation's Sword | p. 39 |
| Asserting National Sovereignty | p. 57 |
| The Wars of Indian Removal | p. 78 |
| Agent of Manifest Destiny | p. 96 |
| Constabularies in Blue | p. 118 |
| Frontier Regulars and the Col... MORE | p. 143 |
| Civil Wars in the Borderlands | p. 163 |
| The Regulars Return | p. 188 |
| Testing the Peace Policy | p. 216 |
| Conquest of a Continent | p. 238 |
| Epilogue: The Long Frontier | p. 268 |
| Abbreviations | p. 277 |
| Notes | p. 279 |
| Bibliography | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 351 |
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