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Chargement... Riding for the Lone Star : Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865par Nathan Jennings
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I'll be honest and admit that the gloriously kitschy cover art of this book is what initially made me interested in reading it. As for the contents, while it's not the most sparkling prose I've ever read, Jennings does give you a systematic examination of the forces that created the Texans' military system, a combination of limited resources, the American militia tradition, and the availability of revolver pistols, before giving you a catalogue of military actions involving Texas. I will note that this work is a little slighter than the subtitle suggests, as 90% of this work deals with conflicts involving Mexico, or the First Nations, with one chapter dealing with the experience of the late unpleasantness of the 1860s. At that point the work peters out, as the Texas Rangers begin to make their formal turn into being a police force. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfare between 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted to mounted combat north of the Rio Grande. This cavalry-centric arena, which had long been the domain of Plains Indians and the Spanish Empire, compelled an adaptive martial tradition that shaped early Lone Star society. Beginning with initial tactical innovation in Spanish Tejas and culminating with massive mobilization for the Civil War, Texas society developed a distinctive way of war defined by armed horsemanship, volunteer militancy, and short-term mobilization as it grappled with both tribal and international opponents. Drawing upon military reports, participants' memoirs, and government documents, cavalry officer Nathan A. Jennings analyzes the evolution of Texan militarism from tribal clashes of colonial Tejas, territorial wars of the Texas Republic, the Mexican-American War, border conflicts of antebellum Texas, and the cataclysmic Civil War. In each conflict Texan volunteers answered the call to arms with marked enthusiasm for mounted combat. Riding for the Lone Star explores this societal passion--with emphasis on the historic rise of the Texas Rangers--through unflinching examination of territorial competition with Comanches, Mexicans, and Unionists. Even as statesmen Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston emerged as influential strategic leaders, captains like Edward Burleson, John Coffee Hays, and John Salmon Ford attained fame for tactical success. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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