Robert Wooster, an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is the author of "Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army" (Nebraska 1993).
"A superior and important book. . . . [Wooster succinctly
identifies and illumines significant truths about the military
establishment and its role in the final stages of confrontation and
conflict along the western Indian frontier."--Robert
M./i>--Robert M. Utley "Journal of American History "
"A model of analytical history. In . . . spare, cogent prose,
Wooster delineates military strategy against the western tribes,
places the political influence of the Gilded Age military
establishment in solid perspective, gives an able survey of the
institutional structure of the postwar army, briefly describes key
Indian campaigns, and presents pithy characterizations of leading
western military personalities. . . . Wooster's book places events
in a national, and in military terms international, context. In so
doing he has made a major contribution to frontier and military
scholarship."--Paul Andrew Hutton, "American Historical
Review"--Paul Andrew Hutton "American Historical Review "
"A provocative example of the new historiography. . . . Students of
the Indian wars have frequently suffered from a form of myopia. . .
until now, no one has undertaken so comprehensive or critical a
look at the army's role in formulating and implementing Indian
policy."--Bruce Dinges, "New Mexico Historical Review"--Bruce
Dinges "New Mexico Historical Review "
"A superior and important book. . . . [Wooster] succinctly
identifies and illumines significant truths about the military
establishment and its role in the final stages of confrontation and
conflict along the western Indian frontier."--Robert
M./i>--Robert M. Utley "Journal of American History "
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