Barbarians and brothers : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 /
Lee, Wayne E., 1965-
Barbarians and brothers : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / Wayne E. Lee. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 340 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Barbarians and subjects : the perfect storm of wartime violence in sixteenth century Ireland -- Sir Henry Sidney and the mutiny at Clonmel, 1569 -- The Earls of Essex, 1575 and 1599 -- Codes, military culture, and clubmen in the English Civil War -- Sir William Waller, 1644 -- The clubmen, 1645 -- Peace chiefs and blood revenge : Native American warfare -- Wingina, Ralph Lane, and the Roanoke Colony of 1586 -- Old brims and Chipacasi, 1725 -- Gentility and atrocity : the Continental Army and the American Revolution -- "One bold stroke" : Washington in Pennsylvania, 1777-78 -- "Malice enough in our hearts" : Sullivan and the Iroquois, 1779 -- Conclusion : Limited war and hard war in the American Civil War.
The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Crucial to the level of violence in each of these conflicts was the perception of the enemy as either a brother (a fellow countryman) o.
9780199830633 (electronic bk.) 0199830630 (electronic bk.) 1283046458 9781283046459
304645 MIL
To 1900
War and society--History.--Great Britain
War and society--History.--United States
War (Philosophy)
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war.
Violence.
Guerre et société--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Guerre et société--Histoire.--États-Unis
Guerre (Philosophie)
Escalade (Science militaire)
Guerre limitée.
Violence.
violence.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war.
Violence.
War and society.
War (Philosophy)
Great Britain--History, Military--1485-1603.
Great Britain--History, Military--1603-1714.
United States--History, Military--To 1900.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--1485-1603.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--1603-1714.
États-Unis--Histoire militaire--Jusqu'à 1900.
Great Britain.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
DA66 / .L44 2011eb
355.020941/0903
Barbarians and brothers : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / Wayne E. Lee. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 340 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Barbarians and subjects : the perfect storm of wartime violence in sixteenth century Ireland -- Sir Henry Sidney and the mutiny at Clonmel, 1569 -- The Earls of Essex, 1575 and 1599 -- Codes, military culture, and clubmen in the English Civil War -- Sir William Waller, 1644 -- The clubmen, 1645 -- Peace chiefs and blood revenge : Native American warfare -- Wingina, Ralph Lane, and the Roanoke Colony of 1586 -- Old brims and Chipacasi, 1725 -- Gentility and atrocity : the Continental Army and the American Revolution -- "One bold stroke" : Washington in Pennsylvania, 1777-78 -- "Malice enough in our hearts" : Sullivan and the Iroquois, 1779 -- Conclusion : Limited war and hard war in the American Civil War.
The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Crucial to the level of violence in each of these conflicts was the perception of the enemy as either a brother (a fellow countryman) o.
9780199830633 (electronic bk.) 0199830630 (electronic bk.) 1283046458 9781283046459
304645 MIL
To 1900
War and society--History.--Great Britain
War and society--History.--United States
War (Philosophy)
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war.
Violence.
Guerre et société--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Guerre et société--Histoire.--États-Unis
Guerre (Philosophie)
Escalade (Science militaire)
Guerre limitée.
Violence.
violence.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war.
Violence.
War and society.
War (Philosophy)
Great Britain--History, Military--1485-1603.
Great Britain--History, Military--1603-1714.
United States--History, Military--To 1900.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--1485-1603.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--1603-1714.
États-Unis--Histoire militaire--Jusqu'à 1900.
Great Britain.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
DA66 / .L44 2011eb
355.020941/0903