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Zusatztext An insightful book...Wayne E. Lee has produced a sound study bolstered by solid statistical and colorful anecdotal evidence, a skillful blend of old-fashioned narrative with nuanced analysis. Informationen zum Autor Wayne E. Lee is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lee served in the U.S. Army from 1987 to 1992. Klappentext Barbarians and Brothers presents a searching re-examination of early modern English and American warfare, focusing on the most important conflicts in the creation of the American republic: against the Irish in the 1500s, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Zusammenfassung Barbarians and Brothers presents a searching re-examination of early modern English and American warfare, focusing on the most important conflicts in the creation of the American republic: against the Irish in the 1500s, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo-Indian wars, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Barbarians and Subjects: The Perfect Storm of Wartime Violence in Sixteenth-Century Ireland Chapter 1 Sir Henry Sidney and the Mutiny at Clonmel, 1569 Chapter 2 The Earls of Essex, 1575 and 1599 Part 2: Codes, Military Culture, and Clubmen in the English Civil War Chapter 3 Sir William Waller, 1644 Chapter 4 The Clubmen, 1645 Part 3: Peace Chiefs and Blood Revenge: Native American Warfare Chapter 5 Wingina, Ralph Lane, and the Roanoke Colony of 1586 Chapter 6 Old Brims and Chipacasi, 1725 Part 4: Gentility and Atrocity: The Continental Army and the American Revolution Chapter 7 "One Bold Stroke": Washington in Pennsylvania, 1777-78 Chapter 8 "Malice Enough in Our Hearts": Sullivan and the Iroquois, 1779 Conclusion: Limited War and Hard War in the American Civil War
