Indian Wars everywhere : Colonial violence and the shadow doctrines of empire / Stefan Aune.

Indian Wars everywhere : Colonial violence and the shadow doctrines of empire / Stefan Aune.

9780520395411
0520395417
9780520395398
9780520395404

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]

©2023

English

1 online resource.

E81 .A85 2023

973

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the paratroopers that shout "Geronimo" as they jump from airplanes, the figure of the Indian has 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 multiple centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere reflects on what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be thought of as a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare"-- Provided by publisher.

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