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The cutting-off way : Indigenous warfare in eastern North America, 1500-1800
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The cutting-off way : Indigenous warfare in eastern North America, 1500-1800 / Wayne E. Lee.
ISBN
9781469673776
1469673770
9781469673783
1469673789
9781469673790
9781469673806
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Physical Description
x, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.
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ebook version :
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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