Description
Book SynopsisReferences 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.
Table of ContentsContents
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
