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Peacekeeping on the Plains : Army operations in bleeding Kansas / Tony R. Mullis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mullis, Tony R., 1959-
- Series:
- Shades of blue and gray series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army.
- Indians of North America.
- History.
- Slavery--Political aspects.
- Slavery.
- Race relations.
- Violence.
- Peacekeeping forces.
- History, Military.
- Kansas--History, Military--19th century.
- Kansas.
- Kansas--History--1854-1861.
- United States. Army--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Peacekeeping forces--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Violence--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Kansas--Race relations.
- Slavery--Political aspects--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- 1. Great Expectations, Limited Resources 9
- 2. Violent Means and Political Ends: Expansion and Slavery Collide in Kansas, 1854-1856 35
- 3. Peace Enforcement: The Sioux Expedition of 1855 61
- 4. Peacemaking: Harney and the Peace of Fort Pierre 86
- 5. Conflicting Interests: Peace, Land, and Speculation in Territorial Kansas, 1854-1856 119
- 6. Peacekeeping and Command, Control, Communications, and Information during Bleeding Kansas 153
- 7. The Guns of August: Kansas on the Precipice of Civil War 194
- 8. Applying the Tourniquet of Peace: John Geary, the Army, and the Election of 1856 220.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826215351
- OCLC:
- 54677599
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