No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society

by Richard Maxwell Brown

Book Overview

"Richard Maxwell Brown's brief study of 'violence and American values' is quite simply a tour de force of provocatie, well-conceived, and smoothly written historiography....rich with novel insights, new conceptualizations, and solid documentation." -Richard W. Etulain, in Reviews in American History. "Fascinating and provocative, No Duty to Retreat is an authoritative examination of violence not only on the American frontier and in American society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806126183
• ISBN13: 9780806126180
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"