Southern Arizona Military Outposts
In the 1840s, the powerful pull of Manifest Destiny brought the U.S. Army to todays southern Arizona. The first forces came as a vanguard marching westward to conquer California, but soon their comrades returned. They would establish a string of outposts, a few of which remain more than a century after their founding. These installations greatly contributed to local military, economic, social, and even political history. Their inhabitants included noted 19th-century generals George Crook and Nelson A. Miles, as well as a later officer, Omar Bradley of World War II fame. Some of these men brought their families to share the often lonely, monot…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7385-7992-4
- EAN: 9780738579924
- Produktnummer: 10489484
- Verlag: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.5 cm x D1.0 cm 295 g
- Gewicht: 295
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