Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations in Bleeding KansasUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 278 Seiten "Historians have written on "Bleeding Kansas" and on the frontier army as a constabulary force, but little scholarship exists on how the army performed its peacekeeping operations in the 1850s. In Peacekeeping on the Plains, Tony R. Mullis is one of the first scholars to detail the military concerns associated with peace enforcement in Kansas and the trans-Missouri West." "Between 1854 and 1856, the Franklin Pierce administration called upon the U.S. Army to conduct a series of peace operations in the newly formed Kansas and Nebraska territories. The army responded to the president's call by successfully completing a mission against the Lakota Sioux in 1855 and by aiding civil authorities in the imposition of peace among competing factions in Kansas during 1856." "Although these police duties were not always popular with the soldiers that conducted them, the purpose behind them remained constant - the maintenance of peace, order, and security. Given Americans' misgivings about a standing army and their limited expectations for it as a domestic peacekeeper, its use in this fashion during the 1850s was a delicate proposition." "By drawing on diverse sources, including official army correspondence, personal papers of key military and political leaders, and local accounts of army activities, Mullis shows how peace operations were conducted by the U.S. Army long before the second half of the twentieth century. He also presents a thorough analysis of the professional dilemmas confronted by army officers, as well as the delicate command and control issues associated with the different types of peace operations." "Mullis's assessment of the army's peacekeeping efforts in the mid-1850s offers a full understanding of the constraints and frustrations involved. Many of the dilemmas faced by the army in Kansas parallel those encountered in various spots around the globe today. |
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... Topeka dispersal are most appreciated. I am also thankful to Donald Worster and Virgil Dean for their useful remarks on my land speculation chapter. No scholarly book is ever successful without extensive support and contributions from ...
... Topeka dispersal are most appreciated. I am also thankful to Donald Worster and Virgil Dean for their useful remarks on my land speculation chapter. No scholarly book is ever successful without extensive support and contributions from ...
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... Topeka and scanning numerous rolls of microfilm was invaluable. My sons' patience and understanding in enduring the embarrassment of me reading books while attending their basketball games and track meets is greatly appreciated. I could ...
... Topeka and scanning numerous rolls of microfilm was invaluable. My sons' patience and understanding in enduring the embarrassment of me reading books while attending their basketball games and track meets is greatly appreciated. I could ...
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... Topeka Legislature in July 1856 was just one example of how military actions complicated the political environment. Finally, chapters 7 and 8 explore the employment of the army as a tool of government to achieve partisan political ...
... Topeka Legislature in July 1856 was just one example of how military actions complicated the political environment. Finally, chapters 7 and 8 explore the employment of the army as a tool of government to achieve partisan political ...
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... Topeka as pro-slave treachery.Pro-slavery advocates, on the other hand, tended to believe that he was a secret free state supporter. Sumner, after all, was not only a native-born Yankee but also a distant relative of one of the most ...
... Topeka as pro-slave treachery.Pro-slavery advocates, on the other hand, tended to believe that he was a secret free state supporter. Sumner, after all, was not only a native-born Yankee but also a distant relative of one of the most ...
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Inhalt
1 | |
9 | |
35 | |
The Sioux Expedition of 1855 | 61 |
Harney and the Peace of Fort Pierre | 86 |
Missourians Going to Kansas to Vote | 96 |
Sioux Expedition Area of Operations | 97 |
Sketch of Blue Water Creek Battle of Ash Hollow | 98 |
Colonel Sumner at Constitution Hall July 4 1856 | 110 |
Brigadier General Persifor F Smith | 111 |
Governor Wilson Shannon | 112 |
Free State Battery 1856 | 113 |
Governor John W Geary | 114 |
James Lane | 115 |
Free State Prisoners on Their Way to Lecompton September 1856 | 116 |
Lanes Trail North | 117 |
Fort Leavenworth 1837 | 99 |
Fort Leavenworth 1854 | 100 |
Major E A Ogden | 101 |
Fort Riley Military Reserves 1855 | 102 |
U S Surveyor Generals Office October 20 1856 | 103 |
Democratic Platform Illustrated | 104 |
Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free Soiler | 105 |
Jefferson Davis | 106 |
Sacking of Lawrence May 1856 | 107 |
Colonel Edwin V Sumner | 108 |
Notional Chain of Command | 109 |
Lanes Trail South | 118 |
Peace Land and Speculation | 119 |
Peacekeeping and Command Control Communications | 153 |
Kansas on the Precipice of Civil War | 194 |
John Geary the Army | 220 |
Conclusion | 234 |
Epilogue | 245 |
Bibliography | 251 |
Index | 273 |
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