After years of research, independent history scholar Gregory Michno has created a chronological listing of every significant fight between Indians and the United States Army, as well as better-known Indian battles with civilians. In addition, Michno interprets the data to reveal patterns and draw conclusions, some of which challenge the current orthodoxy among historians, such as the revisionist contention that the "wild" West is a myth. Numerous maps, photogrpahs, and tables supplement the text to enhance the reader's understanding. This detailed study is more than a reference book: it's an illuminating portrayal of a violent era and a compelling examination of the machinations of frontier warfare.
After years of research, independent history scholar Gregory Michno has created a chronological listing of every significant fight between Indians and the United States Army, as well as better-known Indian battles with civilians. In addition, Michno interprets the data to reveal patterns and draw conclusions, some of which challenge the current orthodoxy among historians, such as the revisionist contention that the "wild" West is a myth. Numerous maps, photogrpahs, and tables supplement the text to enhance the reader's understanding. This detailed study is more than a reference book: it's an illuminating portrayal of a violent era and a compelling examination of the machinations of frontier warfare.
Gregory F. Michno is the author of Lakota Noon: The Indian
Narrative of Custer's Defeat and The Mystery of E Troop: Custer's
Gray Horse Company at the Little Bighorn, The Encyclopedia of
Indian Wars, and Forgotten Fights all published by Mountain Press,
as well as USS Pampanito: Killer-Angel (University of Oklahoma
Press), Death on the Hellships (Naval Institute), and Battle at
Sand Creek: The Military Perspecitve. He has also written numerous
articles in Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Journal of
the West, Wild West, and other western history publications.
A member of the Western History Association, Order of the Indian
Wars, Little Big Horn Associates, and several other organizations,
Michno holds a master's degree in history from the University of
Northern Colorado. He lives with his wife, Susan Michno, in
Longmont, Colorado.
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