| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 340 pages) |
| Contents |
Barbarians and subjects : the perfect storm of wartime violence in sixteenth century Ireland -- Sir Henry Sidney and the mutiny at Clonmel, 1569 -- The Earls of Essex, 1575 and 1599 -- Codes, military culture, and clubmen in the English Civil War -- Sir William Waller, 1644 -- The clubmen, 1645 -- Peace chiefs and blood revenge : Native American warfare -- Wingina, Ralph Lane, and the Roanoke Colony of 1586 -- Old brims and Chipacasi, 1725 -- Gentility and atrocity : the Continental Army and the American Revolution -- "One bold stroke" : Washington in Pennsylvania, 1777-78 -- "Malice enough in our hearts" : Sullivan and the Iroquois, 1779 -- Conclusion : Limited war and hard war in the American Civil War |
| Summary |
The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Crucial to the level of violence in each of these conflicts was the perception of the enemy as either a brother (a fellow countryman) o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War and society -- Great Britain -- History
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War and society -- United States -- History
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War (Philosophy)
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Escalation (Military science)
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Limited war.
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Violence.
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violence.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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Escalation (Military science)
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Limited war
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Violence
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War and society
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War (Philosophy)
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1485-1603.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056837
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056838
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United States -- History, Military -- To 1900.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140339
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199830633 |
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0199830630 |
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1283046458 |
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9781283046459 |
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