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The Resource American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars, Thomas D. Mays

American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars, Thomas D. Mays

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American Guerrilla is a compelling narrative history of how Americans have fought unconventional warfare from the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution through the anti-insurgent campaigns of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author provides the reader with a concise and engaging story of how the American approach to guerrilla warfare has been molded and executed, and how these small scale engagements have been integral to the success of our nation's larger battles
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiv, 265 pages
Contents
  • "Now we have just cause to destroy them by all means possible"
  • "No army can subsist in this country without rangers"
  • "An unfair way of carrying on a war"
  • "Tarleton's quarter"
  • "The Kentucky reinforcement, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled"
  • "Swamp Fox rangers"
  • "I ain't killed but thirty-two men since this war commenced"
  • "We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux"
  • "All I want to hear are booms from the Burma jungle"
  • "Bamboo telegraph"
  • "To kill them, you'll have to kill me first."
Isbn
9781493022298
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American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars
Title
American guerrillas
Title remainder
from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars
Statement of responsibility
Thomas D. Mays
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
American Guerrilla is a compelling narrative history of how Americans have fought unconventional warfare from the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution through the anti-insurgent campaigns of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author provides the reader with a concise and engaging story of how the American approach to guerrilla warfare has been molded and executed, and how these small scale engagements have been integral to the success of our nation's larger battles
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PUL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1960-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Mays, Thomas D.
Dewey number
355.02/180973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
U240
LC item number
.M384 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Guerrillas
  • Guerrilla warfare
  • Guerrilla warfare
  • Guerrillas
  • United States
  • HISTORY / Military
Label
American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars, Thomas D. Mays
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Now we have just cause to destroy them by all means possible" -- "No army can subsist in this country without rangers" -- "An unfair way of carrying on a war" -- "Tarleton's quarter" -- "The Kentucky reinforcement, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled" -- "Swamp Fox rangers" -- "I ain't killed but thirty-two men since this war commenced" -- "We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux" -- "All I want to hear are booms from the Burma jungle" -- "Bamboo telegraph" -- "To kill them, you'll have to kill me first."
Control code
ocn974212990
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 265 pages
Isbn
9781493022298
Lccn
2017002922
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781493022298
  • (OCoLC)974212990
Label
American guerrillas : from the French and Indian Wars to Iraq and Afghanistan--how Americans fight unconventional wars, Thomas D. Mays
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Now we have just cause to destroy them by all means possible" -- "No army can subsist in this country without rangers" -- "An unfair way of carrying on a war" -- "Tarleton's quarter" -- "The Kentucky reinforcement, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled" -- "Swamp Fox rangers" -- "I ain't killed but thirty-two men since this war commenced" -- "We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux" -- "All I want to hear are booms from the Burma jungle" -- "Bamboo telegraph" -- "To kill them, you'll have to kill me first."
Control code
ocn974212990
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 265 pages
Isbn
9781493022298
Lccn
2017002922
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781493022298
  • (OCoLC)974212990

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