Indian Wars Everywhere

Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-39539-8
Verlag: UCAL POD

Buch, Englisch, Band 71, 350 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 692 g

Reihe: American Crossroads

References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States’ formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the “savage wars” of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aune, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Colonial Violence and the Indian Wars

2. Indian/Fighters in the Philippines

3. The Literature of Savage War

4. Savage and Civilized War

5. Fighting Indian Style

6. Indian Country and the Cold War

7. Relearning the Indian Wars

Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Indian Country

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Aune is Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at Williams College.