Apache Tactics 1830–86

Author:   Robert N. Watt ,  Mr Adam Hook
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   119
ISBN:  

9781849086301


Pages:   64
Publication Date:   20 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Apache culture of the latter half of the 19th century blended together the lifestyles of the Great Plains, Great Basin and the South-West, but it was their warfare that captured the imagination. This book reveals the skilful tactics of the Apache people as they raided and eluded the much larger and better-equipped US government forces. Drawing on primary research conducted in the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, this book reveals the small-unit warfare of the Apache tribes as they attempted to preserve their freedom, and in particular the actions of the most famous member of the Apache tribes – Geronimo.

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Author:   Robert N. Watt ,  Mr Adam Hook
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Volume:   119
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.214kg
ISBN:  

9781849086301


ISBN 10:   1849086303
Pages:   64
Publication Date:   20 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction: Historical summary of Mexican and American confrontations with the Apache peoples/ Environment & culture: the terrain of Apacheria - the Apache adaption to conditions - the raiding culture - training and leadership/ Strategy & Tactics: Evasion - Vitctorio's strategy 1879-80/ Ambush: planned ambush - killing ambush - ambush by decoy - ad hoc ambush/ Attack - ambush, attack and evasion/ Targeting of enemy horses - adaption to enemy weapons and practices - terror tactics

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In No. 199 of Osprey's Elite series, author Watt, resident expert on American Indian wars at the University of Birmingham, England, presents in 64 pages an English military expert's distillation of the tactics and weapons the Apaches employed against their various adversaries. --Jon Guttman, Wild West (December 2012)


In No. 199 of Osprey's Elite series, author Watt, resident expert on American Indian wars at the University of Birmingham, England, presents in 64 pages an English military expert's distillation of the tactics and weapons the Apaches employed against their various adversaries. --Jon Guttman, Wild West (December 2012)


In No. 199 of Osprey's Elite series, author Watt, resident expert on American Indian wars at the University of Birmingham, England, presents in 64 pages an English military expert's distillation of the tactics and weapons the Apaches employed against their various adversaries. Jon Guttman, Wild West (December 2012)


Author Information

Dr Robert Watt is a lecturer at the University of Birmingham where he teaches a course on the Indian Wars for the History Department. He has previously published a number of articles for American history journals on both the Apaches and their campaigns throughout the 19th century and has travelled widely throughout Arizona and Mexico researching the subject.

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