THE SWORD OF THE REPUBLIC : The United States Army on the Frontier, 1783-1846 (The Wars of the United States Series)

London, UK: Macmillan Company/Collier-Macmillan, Ltd, 1969. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/No Jacket. Stated First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Green linen boards/NF. DJ/None. History of the complex role the US Army was called upon to play on the Western Frontier as agents of an empire --- policemen, farmers, roadbuilders, scientists, and lumbermen, all duties beyond that of a regular army. 18 chapters: 1, Beginnings; 2, The Army in the Old Northwest; 3, Military Frontiers in the South; 4, Military Occupation of the Louisianna Purchase; 5, Exploring & Protecting the Empire Beyond the Mississippi; 6, The Indian Frontier in the War of 1812; 7, The Surge of American Nationalism; 8, American Dominion on the Missouri & the Mississippi; 9, Attack upon the Wilderness; 10, The Army & Indian Affairs; 11, The Black Hawk War; 12, Mounted Troops for the West; 13, Indian Removal from the Southern States 14, The Florida War; 15, New Threats on the Frontiers; 16, Agents of Empire; 17, Plans & Counterplans; and, 18, The Dragoons on the Prairies & Plains.