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The Cutting-Off Way : Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800
Author
Title
The Cutting-Off Way : Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 / Wayne E. Lee.
ISBN
9781469673806
9781469673790
9781469673776
9781469673783
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©[2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource (300 pages): illustrations, maps ;
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Summary
"The cutting-off way of war recasts Indigenous warfare via the lived realities of Indigenous people. Lacking deep reserves, subject to coercive military recruitment, and wary of heavy casualties that tended to amass from siege warfare, Indigenous warriors generally sought to surprise their targets, and the size of the target varied with the size of the attacking force. Lee demonstrates how it worked, detailing Indigenous warfare from precontact through the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2023
Contents
The Eastern woodlands
The cutting-off way of war
The Indians went hunting: Native American expeditionary logistics
Peace chiefs and blood revenge: patterns of restraint in Native American warfare, 1500-1800
Fortify, fight, or flee: Tuscarora and Cherokee defensive warfare and military culture adaptation
The military revolution of Native North America: firearms, forts, and polities
Subjects, clients, allies, or mercenaries?: The British use of Irish and Native American military power, 1500-1800
War's end.
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Genre/Form
History.
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