Nelson A. Miles and the Twilight of the Frontier Army - Softcover

Wooster, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803297750 ISBN 13: 9780803297753

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1996

Synopsis

Based on a wide range of sources, including materials only recently made available to researchers, this first complete, carefully documented biography of Miles skillfully delineates the brilliant, abrasive, and controversial tactician whose career in many respects epitomized the story of the Old Army.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Wooster is a professor of history at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. His other books include The Military and United States Indian Policy (Nebraska 1995).

From Publishers Weekly:

This comprehensively researched biography serves as the definitive account of a major U.S. military figure. Nelson Miles (1839-1925) established himself between 1865 and 1900 as a successful "Indian fighter" as well as a military politician, becoming the Army's commanding general in 1895. However, his abrasive, contentious personality made him many enemies. According to Wooster, a professor of history at Corpus Christi State University in Texas, Miles's unbroken record of victories in the Plains Indian Wars reflected tactical skills, concern for logistics and an ability to inspire the men under his command. Miles was also a vociferous critic of the corruption, incompetence and brutality that accompanied the government's Indian policies. Too much a part of his milieu to transcend it, he was an archetype, symbolizing the best and the worst of the Old Army. Illustrations not seen by PW. History Book Club selection.
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803297750
• ISBN 13: 9780803297753
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 403