A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio
byThe settlers who chose to make their homes in the upper Ohio in the mid to late eighteenth century faced a wide variety of…
Braddock’s Defeat
This Week on Dispatches: Brian Gerring on “La Petite Guerre” and Native American Irregular Warfare
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired Special Forces soldier and educator Brian Gerring on his comparison of European La Petite Guerre, “small…
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La Petite Guerre and American Indian Irregular Warfare: Siblings, But Not Twins
byWhen the major European powers began to use light troops in the mid-eighteenth century, they typically employed them in a manner of war that…
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The Lenape Origins of an Independent America: The Catalyst of Pontiac’s War, 1763–1765
byIn the wake of the Seven Years’ War in North America, the costly British triumph seemed complete. Thus, when a coda to the Seven…