19th Century Irregular Warfare in the American Southwest: A Study of James H. Carleton and George R. Crook

Abstract

As the United States continued to expand it residually pushed the Native American population further west. The U.S. Army was forced to act as an ameliorating force between the local population and the Indians. Generals James Carleton and George Crook each implemented a suitable application of an operational and tactical counter-guerrilla program against the Apache and Navajo Indians in the American southwest, based on the education, experience, and limited forms of doctrine that were available at the time. Generals Carleton and Crook ended much of the conflict by countering Indian raiding and conflict in the American southwest by using self-generated Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176465

Entities

People

  • Michael Brabender

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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  • Human Systems

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  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Biographies
  • California
  • Civil War
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • History
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • Native Americans
  • Nebraska
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Universities
  • Warfare

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  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.