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Rustic warriors : warfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748 / Steven C. Eames.
LIBRA F7 .E119 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eames, Steven C., 1954-
- Series:
- Warfare and culture.
- Warfare and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Hampshire. Militia.
- Massachusetts. Militia.
- History, Military.
- History.
- New Englanders.
- Military art and science.
- New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New England.
- New Englanders--Warfare.
- Soldiers--New England--History.
- Soldiers.
- Massachusetts. Militia--History.
- New Hampshire. Militia--History.
- New England--History, Military.
- Physical Description:
- pages ; cm.
- Other Title:
- Warfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England. Taking issue with historians who have criticized provincial soldiers' battlefield style, strategy, and conduct, Steven Eames demonstrates that what developed in early New England was in fact a unique way of war that selectively blended elements of European military strategy, frontier fighting, and native American warfare. This new form of warfare responded to and influenced the particular challenges, terrain, and demography of early New England. Drawing upon a wealth of primary materials on King William's War, Queen Anne's War, Dummer's War, and King George's War, Eames offers a bottom-up view of how war was conducted and how war was experienced in this particular period and place. Throughout Rustic Warriors, he uses early New England culture as a staging ground from which to better understand the ways in which New Englanders waged war, as well as to provide a fuller picture of the differences between provincial, French, and Native American approaches to war. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Warfare on the New England Frontier
- 1 The Initiation of War and the New England Military System 21
- 2 Garrisons: The First Line of Defense 35
- 3 Provincial Forts: The Magnet 51
- 4 Scouts: Patrols, Probes, and Raids 69
- 5 Expeditions: The Anglo-American Partnership 91
- 6 Stores of War: The Logistical Nightmare 110
- Part II The Provincial Soldier
- 7 Recruiting: Gone for a Soldier 131
- 8 Officers: Chosen to Lead 153
- 9 Battle Drill and Fighting Spirit 172
- 10 Battle Experience: Facing the Enemy 198
- 11 The Wounds of War 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814722701
- 0814722709
- 9780814722718
- 0814722717
- 9780814722879
- 0814722873
- OCLC:
- 724667217
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