Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire
References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States’ formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the “savage wars” of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare.
 
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Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire
References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States’ formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the “savage wars” of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare.
 
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Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire

Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire

by Stefan Aune
Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire

Indian Wars Everywhere: Colonial Violence and the Shadow Doctrines of Empire

by Stefan Aune

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References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States’ formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the “savage wars” of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520395411
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 09/19/2023
Series: American Crossroads , #71
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 350
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Stefan Aune is Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at Williams College.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Illustrations 
Acknowledgments 
Abbreviations 

Introduction 
1. Colonial Violence and the Indian Wars 
2. Indian/Fighters in the Philippines 
3. The Literature of Savage War 
4. Savage and Civilized War 
5. Fighting Indian Style 
6. Indian Country and the Cold War 
7. Relearning the Indian Wars 
Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Indian Country 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index
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