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Apache Warrior 1860–86

By Robert N. Watt

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781472803528, 1472803523
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4359227 bytes)
Series
Warrior 172
Pages
64\66
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
19th century

Description

Focusing on the Chiricahua Apache, led by such famous warriors as Cochise Mangas Coloradas, Victorio, Nana and Geronimo, this book strips away the myths behind the history of some of the feared opponents of the US Army in the southwest United States. It explains how their upbringing, training and culture equipped them uniquely for survival in the harsh environment of New Mexico and Arizona and enabled them to fight off their Mexican and American enemies for so long.For decades legendary Apaches like Victorio and Geronimo led resistance in the desert Southwest that defied the firepower of the post Civil War US Army. The Apache warrior evokes a number of images; endurance, elusive cunning, ferocity, and cruelty. These are images prevalent both during the Apache Wars of the 1860s to the 1880s and are, to some extent, still believed today. General George Crook described them as "Human Tigers."

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