MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009021263
003 DLC
005 20121204082142.0
008 090526s2009 nmuab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2009021263
020 $a9780826338440 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780826338433 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0826338437 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn361947881
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dC#P$dCDX$dDLC
043 $an-usp--$an-us---
050 00 $aF592$b.W865 2009
082 00 $a355.00978/09034$222
100 1 $aWooster, Robert,$d1956-
245 14 $aThe American military frontiers :$bthe United States Army in the West, 1783-1900 /$cRobert Wooster.
260 $aAlbuquerque :$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$c2009.
300 $axvi, 361 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aHistories of the American frontier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-350) and index.
505 0 $aDefeat and victory in the Ohio Valley -- Sword of the nation -- Sharpening the nation's sword -- Asserting national sovereignty -- The wars of Indian removal -- Agent of manifest destiny -- Constabularies in blue -- Frontier regulars and the collapse of the Union -- Civil wars in the borderlands -- The regulars return -- Testing the peace policy -- Conquest of a continent -- Epilogue : the long frontier.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory, Military$y19th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xHistory$y19th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xMilitary life$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)
830 0 $aHistories of the American frontier.