Synopses & Reviews
Review
“A superior and important book. . . . [Wooster] succinctly identifies and illumines significant truths about the military establishment and its role in the final stages of confrontation and conflict along the western Indian frontier.”—Robert M. Utley, Journal of American History American Historical Review
Review
“A model of analytical history. In . . . spare, cogent prose, Wooster delineates military strategy against the western tribes, places the political influence of the Gilded Age military establishment in solid perspective, gives an able survey of the institutional structure of the postwar army, briefly describes key Indian campaigns, and presents pithy characterizations of leading western military personalities. . . . Woosters book places events in a national, and in military terms international, context. In so doing he has made a major contribution to frontier and military scholarship.”—Paul Andrew Hutton, American Historical Review Paul Andrew Hutton
Review
“A provocative example of the new historiography. . . . Students of the Indian wars have frequently suffered from a form of myopia. . . until now, no one has undertaken so comprehensive or critical a look at the armys role in formulating and implementing Indian policy.”—Bruce Dinges, New Mexico Historical Review Robert M. Utley - Journal of American History
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-256) and index.
About the Author
Robert Wooster, an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, is the author of Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army (Nebraska 1993).