Peter Cozzens seeks to restore historical balance in his sweeping narrative of the 19th century Indian wars
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Book Review: The Terrible Indian Wars of the West
Jerry Keenan presents a single-volume chronological and geographical accounting of the trans-Mississippi Indian wars
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Book Review: Apache Warrior Versus U.S. Cavalryman, 1846–86
Sean McLachlan compares the combat readiness of 19th century U.S. cavalrymen and Apache warriors across three battles.
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Book Review: Forging the Star
U.S. Marshals Service historian David Turk reviews the recent history of the nation’s oldest law enforcement agency
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Book Review: Sign Talker / Hugh Lenox Scott Remembers Indian Country
Editor R. Eli Paul presents the abridged, annotated autobiography of storied frontier soldier Hugh Lenox Scott.
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Daily Quiz for January 26, 2017
In 1898 this writer was convicted of criminal libel and fled France.
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Hallowed Ground: Camp de Beugy, Sainte-Suzanne, France
King William I of England is better known to history as William the Conqueror. […]
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Funston of the Philippines
In 1901 Brigadier General Frederick Funston masterminded a ‘desperate undertaking’ to quash the guerrilla […]
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Empire Vs. Tribe: The Roman Empire and the Celts
For five centuries the Roman and Celtic armies and cultures clashed, pitting the most […]
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The War That Wasn’t
The news account is fictional, of course, but there were times when it could […]