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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... wanted to deal with the wound that the slavery extension debate reopened . The Democratic Party's solution was to let the people of Kansas decide their own local institutions . Popular sovereignty was to be the bandage for the slavery ...
... wanted to deal with the wound that the slavery extension debate reopened . The Democratic Party's solution was to let the people of Kansas decide their own local institutions . Popular sovereignty was to be the bandage for the slavery ...
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... between land-hungry settlers and various emigrant Indians in eastern Kan- sas. The former wanted the army to protect their interests and assist in the settlement process. The latter expected the army to meet the Introduction 5.
... between land-hungry settlers and various emigrant Indians in eastern Kan- sas. The former wanted the army to protect their interests and assist in the settlement process. The latter expected the army to meet the Introduction 5.
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... wanted to ensure that American citizens—whether they were squatters or speculators—com- plied with the agreements between the government and the various tribes that were removed. These conflicting expectations placed the army and its ...
... wanted to ensure that American citizens—whether they were squatters or speculators—com- plied with the agreements between the government and the various tribes that were removed. These conflicting expectations placed the army and its ...
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... wanted the institution of slavery contained to areas where it already existed. Its extension onto the uncontaminated soil of the Kansas Territory threatened their vision of the nation's future. Free labor, in other words, re- quired ...
... wanted the institution of slavery contained to areas where it already existed. Its extension onto the uncontaminated soil of the Kansas Territory threatened their vision of the nation's future. Free labor, in other words, re- quired ...
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... wanted to take slaves to the new territories, there was no reason why he could not do so.3 The Constitution protected slavery. And no one could deny a slave owner his constitutional rights unless those rights were denied by the consent ...
... wanted to take slaves to the new territories, there was no reason why he could not do so.3 The Constitution protected slavery. And no one could deny a slave owner his constitutional rights unless those rights were denied by the consent ...
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