A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 69
... defensive . By offensive war most colonists meant the molestation of others , or as Gilbert Tennent , the Presbyterian leader in New Jersey and Pennsylvania , put it , war to satisfy " the corrupt Lusts of Men , their Ambition and ...
... defensive . By offensive war most colonists meant the molestation of others , or as Gilbert Tennent , the Presbyterian leader in New Jersey and Pennsylvania , put it , war to satisfy " the corrupt Lusts of Men , their Ambition and ...
Pagina 71
... defensive , but frequently the col- onists did not even attempt to justify them as defensive wars ; some just wars were waged , these writers maintained , simply for the sake of vengeance . Soldiers were admonished to fight to avenge ...
... defensive , but frequently the col- onists did not even attempt to justify them as defensive wars ; some just wars were waged , these writers maintained , simply for the sake of vengeance . Soldiers were admonished to fight to avenge ...
Pagina 181
... defensive purposes , but that if America was to acquire additional territory it required an offensive war machine . In 1783 a congressional committee chaired by Hamilton , and acting on the recommendations of Generals Washington and ...
... defensive purposes , but that if America was to acquire additional territory it required an offensive war machine . In 1783 a congressional committee chaired by Hamilton , and acting on the recommendations of Generals Washington and ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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