American carnage

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The first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years, this volume explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy. In this gripping tale, Jerome Greene explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre.



As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's band was headed instead to join ""hostile"" Lakotas, U.S. troops surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions mounted, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to give up their arms, disaster struck. Accounts vary on what triggered the violence as Indians and soldiers unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the consequences were horrific: some 200 innocent Lakota men, women, and children were slaughtered. American Carnage - the first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years - explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy.

In this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene - renowned specialist on the Indian wars - explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including previously unknown testimonies, Greene examines the events from both Native and non-Native perspectives, explaining the significance of treaties, white settlement, political disputes, and the Ghost Dance as influential factors in what eventually took place. He addresses controversial questions: Was the action premeditated? Was the Seventh Cavalry motivated by revenge after its humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Should soldiers have received Medals of Honor? He also recounts the futile efforts of Lakota survivors and their descendants to gain recognition for their terrible losses.

Epic in scope and poignant in its recounting of human suffering, American Carnage presents the reality - and denial - of our nation's last frontier massacre. It will leave an indelible mark on our understanding of American history.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 april 2014

Aantal pagina's: 620

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Jerome A. Greene

Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Oklahoma Press

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 155 mm

Product hoogte: 46 mm

Product lengte: 236 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 156 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 236 mm

Verpakking lengte: 235 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1021 g

EAN: 9780806144481

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