Indian Wars Everywhere

Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire

Stefan Aune (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

350 Seiten

2023
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39540-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	26.09.2023
Reihe/Serie	American Crossroads ; 71
Zusatzinfo	12 b-w figures
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-39540-9 / 0520395409
ISBN-13	978-0-520-39540-4 / 9780520395404
Zustand	Neuware