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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... emigrants traveling along the various western trails from the hostile indigenous peoples that had first inhabited this region. The second was to conduct explorations and perform topographical surveys. Both missions were essential to the ...
... emigrants traveling along the various western trails from the hostile indigenous peoples that had first inhabited this region. The second was to conduct explorations and perform topographical surveys. Both missions were essential to the ...
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... emigrants) expect from the army? Was the army's purpose limited to protecting lines of communication and dis ... emigrant Indians in eastern Kan- sas. The former wanted the army to protect their interests and assist in the settlement ...
... emigrants) expect from the army? Was the army's purpose limited to protecting lines of communication and dis ... emigrant Indians in eastern Kan- sas. The former wanted the army to protect their interests and assist in the settlement ...
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... emigrants that traveled across them. The American people and the federal government expected and de- manded protection of emigrants who made the dangerous journey from the East to points west. This protection mission was one of the many ...
... emigrants that traveled across them. The American people and the federal government expected and de- manded protection of emigrants who made the dangerous journey from the East to points west. This protection mission was one of the many ...
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... emigrant trains, mail contractors, or white settlements necessitated peace enforcement operations. Most government ... emigrants was complicated by several factors. One of the more obvious obstacles was the lack of manpower. Congress ...
... emigrant trains, mail contractors, or white settlements necessitated peace enforcement operations. Most government ... emigrants was complicated by several factors. One of the more obvious obstacles was the lack of manpower. Congress ...
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... emigrants trav- eling along those routes . In 1854 , Fort Leavenworth housed a total strength of 210 officers and men out of an authorized 236. Fort Riley accommodated 217 out of 234. Com- bined , these posts and their 400 to 470 men ...
... emigrants trav- eling along those routes . In 1854 , Fort Leavenworth housed a total strength of 210 officers and men out of an authorized 236. Fort Riley accommodated 217 out of 234. Com- bined , these posts and their 400 to 470 men ...
Inhalt
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The Sioux Expedition of 1855 | 61 |
Harney and the Peace of Fort Pierre | 86 |
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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1st sess 2nd sess 33rd Cong 34th Cong actions American army’s associated August authority Bleeding Kansas Brulé Buchanan citizens civil command complete page image Congress Cooke Davis's December Delaware Democrats Department election emigrants Executive Document 50 federal troops Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley free staters Geary Geary's governor Harney Harney’s History House Executive Document Ibid Indian agents issue Jefferson Davis July Kansas-Nebraska Act KSHS Transactions Lakota land speculation Laramie Lawrence Leavenworth Lecompton legislature Louis Republican LRAGO Manypenny Marcy military force militia Missouri Montgomery Nebraska party Pawnee peace enforcement operations peace operations peacekeeping Pierce administration Pierce’s political popular sovereignty president pro-slavery protect Reeder Riley Roll sacking of Lawrence Secretary Senate Executive Document September serial settlers Shannon Sioux Sioux expedition slavery slavery extension Smith squatters telegram telegraph territorial tion Topeka Topeka Legislature treaty U.S. Army United Wakarusa War Washington West Wilson Shannon Woodson