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    Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891
    Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891
    Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891
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    Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891

    By Lieutenant Colonel Lowell Steven Yarbrough

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    The American Indian policy, formulated at the turn of the 19th century, significantly impacted the national military strategy. President Jefferson’s plan for Indian removal became the cornerstone for federal policy. Congress would bear the responsibility for crafting the nation’s Indian policies, but the burden for execution was left to an unprepared and undermanned Army.
    From the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the principal mission of the Army was fighting Indians. Returning to the Western frontier the Army attempted to fight the Indians using the tactics that proved successful in the Civil War. The diverse Great Plains tribes, using raids and ambushes, successfully fought a thirty-year war against a superior military force. It would finally take the unorthodox tactics of several field commanders to bring an end to the fighting.
    This paper examines the national policy and the means used to implement it. The paper examines asymmetrical warfare through its discussion on critical shortcomings in military preparedness and strategy. The past several conflicts that U.S. military forces have participated in (Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan) suggest that the American Indian Wars offer valuable strategic lessons.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNormanby Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782896531
    Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains: A Review Of The American Indian Wars-1865-1891

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      Asymmetrical Warfare On The Great Plains - Lieutenant Colonel Lowell Steven Yarbrough

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      ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE ON THE GREAT PLAINS, A REVIEW OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS 1865-1891

      By

      Lieutenant Colonel Lowell Steven Yarbrough

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      PURPOSE 6

      UNITED STATES INDIAN POLICY IN THE 19TH CENTURY 7

      ENFORCING THE POLICY 11

      THE RED WARRIOR 12

      THE REGULAR ARMY 14

      THE CAMPAIGNS 18

      THE LESSONS OF WAR 20

      CONCLUSION 22

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 24

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 25

      ABSTRACT

      The American Indian policy, formulated at the turn of the 19th century, significantly impacted the national military strategy. President Jefferson’s plan for Indian removal became the cornerstone for federal policy. Congress would bear the responsibility for crafting the nation’s Indian policies, but the burden for execution was left to an unprepared and undermanned Army.

      From the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the principal mission of the Army was fighting Indians. Returning to the Western frontier the Army attempted to fight the Indians using the tactics that proved successful in the Civil War. The diverse Great Plains tribes, using raids and ambushes, successfully fought a thirty-year war against a superior military force. It would finally take the unorthodox tactics of several field commanders to bring an end to the fighting.

      This paper examines the national policy and the means used to implement it. The paper examines asymmetrical warfare through its discussion on critical shortcomings in military preparedness and strategy. The past several conflicts that U.S. military forces have participated in (Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan) suggest that the American Indian Wars offer valuable strategic lessons.

      ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE ON THE GREAT PLAINS, A REVIEW OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS--1865-1891

      "The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish...the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is

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