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Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1. Defeat and Victory in the Ohio Valley
• Ch. 2. Sword of the Nation
• Ch. 3. Sharpening the Nation's Sword
• Ch. 4. Asserting National Sovereignty
• Ch. 5. The Wars of Indian Removal
• Ch. 6. Agent of Manifest Destiny
• Ch. 7. Constabularies in Blue
• Ch. 8. Frontier Regulars and the Collapse of the Union
• Ch. 9. Civil Wars in the Borderlands
• Ch. 10. The Regulars Return
• Ch. 11. Testing the Peace Policy
• Ch. 12. Conquest of a Continent
• Epilogue: The Long Frontier.

Author/Creator:

Wooster, Robert, 1956-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The American military frontiers: the United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 [by Wooster, R.]

Related Series:

Histories of the American frontier

Subjects:

West (U.S.) — History, Military — 19th century

United States Army — History — 19th century

United States Army — Military life — History — 19th century

United States — Territorial expansion — History — 19th century

Frontier and pioneer life — West (U.S.)

United States Army

1800-1899

Armed Forces — Military life

Territorial expansion

Frontier and pioneer life

History, Military

West United States

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xvi, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

F592 .W865 2009

ISBNs:

9780826338433 (cloth, alk. paper)
0826338437 (cloth, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009021263

OCLC Numbers:

361947881