LEADER 03514nam 22005173u 450 001 9910463343303321 005 20210414185856.0 010 $a1-60344-320-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000336893 035 $a(EBL)1132634 035 $a(OCoLC)829459982 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132634 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000336893 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aTexans and War$b[electronic resource] $eNew Interpretations of the State's Military History 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 225 1 $aCentennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60344-695-8 327 $aCONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. Texans Fighting through Time: Thematic Topics; 1. The Indian Wars of Texas: A Lipan Apache Perspective; 2. Tejanos at War: A History of Mexican Texans in American Wars; 3. Texas Women at War; 4. The Influence of War and Military Service on African Texans; 5. The Patriot-Warrior Mystique: John S. Brooks, Walter P. Lane,Samuel H. Walker, and the Adventurous Quest for Renown; 6. "All Eyes of Texas Are on Comal County": German Texans' Loyaltyduring the Civil War and World War I 327 $aPART II. Wars in Texas History: Chronological Conflicts7. Between Imperial Warfare: Crossing of the Smuggling Frontier and Transatlantic Commerce on the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands, 1754-1785; 8. The Mexican-American War: Reflections on an Overlooked Conflict; 9. The Prolonged War: Texans Struggle to Win the Civil Warduring Reconstruction; 10. The Texas Immunes in the Spanish-American War; 11. Surveillance on the Border: American Intelligence andthe Tejano Community during World War I; 12. Texan Prisoners of the Japanese: A Study in Survival 327 $a13. Lyndon B. Johnson's "Bitch of a War": An Antiwar Essay14. Black Paradox in the Age of Terrorism: Military Patriotismor Higher Education?; Contributors; Index 330 $aBeginning with tribal wars among Native Americans before Europeans settled Texas and continuing through the Civil War, the soil of what would become the Lone Star State has frequently been stained by the blood of those contesting for control of its resources. In subsequent years and continuing to the present, its citizens have often taken up arms beyond its borders in pursuit of political values and national defense. Although historians have studied the role of the state and its people in war for well over a century, a wealth of topics remain that deserve greater attention: Teja 410 0$aCentennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University 606 $aPioneers -- Texas -- Biography 606 $aTexas -- Genealogy 606 $aTexas -- History -- To 1846 -- Biography 606 $aTexas -- History, Military 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aPioneers -- Texas -- Biography. 615 4$aTexas -- Genealogy. 615 4$aTexas -- History -- To 1846 -- Biography. 615 4$aTexas -- History, Military. 676 $a355.009764 700 $aMendoza$b Alexander$0970087 701 $aGrear$b Charles David$0970088 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463343303321 996 $aTexans and War$92205054 997 $aUNINA