American Conquest - 9781503643536

Stanford University Press

American ConquestThe Northwest Indian War and the Making of US Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Andrew A. Szarejko\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503643536, 978-1503643536\nSynopsis\nThe first war of America's existence as an independent state was fought against the Shawnee, the Miami, and other Ohio River Valley tribes in the Northwest Indian War of [tel]. The war provides a window into how US conquest of the continent would proceed through the next century and comprise a central element of US foreign policy into the future. Szarejko examines why the United States first engaged in this war to secure its claim to the Old Northwest and how the reverberations of the war extend far beyond the process of settlement. In focusing on US strategy during the warits reliance on military bases to project power and a nascent counterinsurgency doctrineSzarejko expertly traces the patterns established by this confl.