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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826006903321

Autore

Mullis Tony R. <1959->

Titolo

Peacekeeping on the Plains : Army operations in bleeding Kansas / / Tony R. Mullis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8262-6255-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

973.6

Soggetti

Peacekeeping forces - Kansas - History - 19th century

Violence - Kansas - History - 19th century

Slavery - Political aspects - Kansas - History - 19th century

Indians of North America - Kansas - History - 19th century

Indians of North America - Government relations - 1789-1869

Kansas History, Military 19th century

Kansas History 1854-1861

Kansas Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Great Expectations, Limited Resources -- 2 Violent Means and Political Ends -- 3 Peace Enforcement -- 4 Peacemaking -- 5 Conflicting Interests -- 6 Peacekeeping and Command, Control, Communications, and Information during Bleeding Kansas -- 7 The Guns of August -- 8 Applying the Tourniquet of Peace -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.