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Book SynopsisStill the least-understood theatre of the Civil War, the Southwest Borderlands saw not only Union and Confederate forces clashing but Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos struggling for survival, power, and dominance on both sides of the US-Mexico border. In this volume, Andrew Masich analyses these conflicts as interconnected civil wars.
Trade ReviewSweeping in scale yet finely grained, the story Andrew Masich delivers here is a convincing new way of thinking about the 'civil wars' that devastated the Southwest Borderlands between 1861 and 1867. Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos waged war within and across ethnic divisions amid a swirl of strategies and tactics that produced a landscape of violence. Beyond re-creating the stench of sweat, the urgent song of swift arrows, and the concussion of field artillery, Masich underscores the bloody ironies of 'pacification' and political incorporation. A masterful storyteller, Masich has quickened a deserving story."" - James F. Brooks, author of
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands, and
Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre.""
Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands is a landmark achievement, sure to prompt a rethinking of the transnational dimensions of the Civil War in the Far West and the unprecedented violence of those years. For scholars and general readers alike, this is a rare and welcome book."" - David Fridtjof Halaas, former Colorado State Historian and consultant to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe
""Andrew Masich presents a sweeping history of the violence that inflamed the Southwest Borderlands in the mid-1860s. Anglos, Indians, and Hispanics, all engaged in what Masich terms civil wars. This is impressive scholarship: deeply researched, eminently readable, and rich in detail and interpretation."" - Robert M. Utley, author of
The Indian Frontier, 1846 - 1890|""This outstanding book sets the new benchmark for an understanding of the Civil War in the Southwestern borderlands."" -
Pacific Historical Review
