MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01502cam a22003018a 4500
001 2009021263
003 DLC
005 20100219084420.0
008 090526s2009 nmu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2009021263
020 $a9780826338433 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aHistories of the American frontier series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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.)