Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in Colonial Northwest

by Guy Chet

Book Overview

A study of military tactics and strategy before the War of Independence, this book reexamines the conquest of the North American wilderness and its native peoples by colonial settlers. Historians have long believed that the peculiar conditions of the New World, coupled with the success of Indians tactics, forced the colonists to abandon traditional European methods of warfare and to develop a new "American" style of combat. By combining firearms with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558493824
• ISBN13: 9781558493827
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher