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To Live and Die in the West - The American Indian Wars

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: General Military - Assorted

Last Stocked on 9/18/2013

Product Info

Title
To Live and Die in the West - The American Indian Wars
Publisher
Category
Author
Jason Hook, Martin Pegler
Publish Year
1999
Pages
160
Dimensions
8x10x.6"
NKG Part #
2147395329
Type
Softcover

Description

This book combines Warrior 4: ‘US Cavalryman 1865-1890’, Men-at-Arms 163: ‘The American Plains Indians’ and Men-at-Arms 186: ‘The Apaches’. The apocalyptic clashes of culture between the land-hungry Whites and the American Indians, which reached their climax in the latter half of the 19th century, were among the most tragic of all wars ever fought. These conflicts pitted one civilization against another, neither able to comprehend or accommodate the other. To the victor went domination of the continent, to the vanquished the destruction of their way of life. This volume describes those who took part in these wars, focusing on the Plains Indians such as the Sioux and the Cheyenne, the Apache peoples of the south-west, and their implacable foe, the US Cavalry.