1st Edition

European and Native American Warfare 1675-1815

By Armstrong Starkey Copyright 1998

    Challenging the historical tradition that has denigrated Indians as ‘savages’ and celebrated the triumph of European ‘civilization’, Armstrong Starkey presents military history as only one dimension of a more fundamental conflict of cultures, and re-examines the European invasion of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Combining the perspectives of ethno-history and military history, this book provides an evaluation of the evolution and influence of both Indian and European ways of war during the period. Significant conflicts are analysed including King Philip’s war in New England (1675-1676) notable due to the number of armed Indians, the American War of Independence, and the conquest of the old Northwest, 1783-1815.

    Introduction: raiders in the wilderness; the Indian way of war; the European background to North American warfare. Total war in New England: King Philip's war 1675-76 and its aftermath; Indians and the war for Empire 1689-1763. Wars of Independence: the revolutionary frontier 1744-83. Last stands: the defeat of Indian resistance in the Old Northwest 1783-1815.

    Biography

    Armstrong Starkey

    'Starkey has given his readers a useful bibliographical guide and a thought-provoking analysis the attractive paperback should find a place on may a student bookshelf.' - John Oliphant, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History