Author: United States. President (1865-1869 : Johnson)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress
Author: United States. President (1865-1869 : Johnson)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Freedom of the Seas and US Foreign Policy
Author: Connor DonahuePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040008704
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This book critically analyzes US political-military strategy by arguing that freedom of the seas discourse is fundamentally unfit for an era of maritime great power competition. The work conducts a genealogical intellectual history of freedom of the seas discourse in US foreign policy to show how the concept has evolved over time to facilitate American control over the global ocean space. It concludes that the contemporary discourse works to establish the high seas as an arena free from claims of sovereignty so that the United States, as the presumed unrivaled naval power, can intervene globally on behalf of its national interests. However, since sea control strategies depend on a preponderance of material force, as the United States wanes in relative material capability it becomes less able to support political-military strategies predicated on the assumption of global naval dominance. The book provides a timely commentary on the current geopolitical competition between the United States and China, and critiques the US approach toward China in the maritime domain in order to highlight potential avenues of foreign policy action that may enable the two countries to mitigate the risk of conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of naval history, maritime security, US foreign policy, and international relations.
Shadows at Dawn
Author: Karl JacobyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101159510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
A masterful reconstruction of one of the worst Indian massacres in American history In April 1871, a group of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O?odham Indians surrounded an Apache village at dawn and murdered nearly 150 men, women, and children in their sleep. In the past century the attack, which came to be known as the Camp Grant Massacre, has largely faded from memory. Now, drawing on oral histories, contemporary newspaper reports, and the participants? own accounts, prize-winning author Karl Jacoby brings this perplexing incident and tumultuous era to life to paint a sweeping panorama of the American Southwest?a world far more complex, diverse, and morally ambiguous than the traditional portrayals of the Old West.
The Edinburgh Review
Author: The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Author: Catalogue, Systematic and Analytical, of the Books of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library Association
Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subscription libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Annual Report of the Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
House Documents
Author: USA House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunteers and Militia
Author: Jerry D. ThompsonPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826355684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
The Civil War in New Mexico began in 1861 with the Confederate invasion and occupation of the Mesilla Valley. At the same time, small villages and towns in New Mexico Territory faced raids from Navajos and Apaches. In response the commander of the Department of New Mexico Colonel Edward Canby and Governor Henry Connelly recruited what became the First and Second New Mexico Volunteer Infantry. In this book leading Civil War historian Jerry Thompson tells their story for the first time, along with the history of a third regiment of Mounted Infantry and several companies in a fourth regiment. Thompson’s focus is on the Confederate invasion of 1861–1862 and its effects, especially the bloody Battle of Valverde. The emphasis is on how the volunteer companies were raised; who led them; how they were organized, armed, and equipped; what they endured off the battlefield; how they adapted to military life; and their interactions with New Mexico citizens and various hostile Indian groups, including raiding by deserters and outlaws. Thompson draws on service records and numerous other archival sources that few earlier scholars have seen. His thorough accounting will be a gold mine for historians and genealogists, especially the appendix, which lists the names of all volunteers and militia men.