Reviews
Beyond his detailed narrative of movements and battles, the author also provides a thought provoking and expansive analysis of the politics behind this and every military confrontation, driven by the participants' need to meet the requirements imposed upon them by forces both internal and external., British historian Robert Watt leaves no stone unturned in his meticulously detailed account of one of the American Southwest's decisive encounters between the U.S. Army and American Indians... an impressive study of warfare, diplomacy, and resistance., Taken as a whole, these three volumes are a labor of love, constituting the most detailed summary and comprehensive analysis of small-scale conflict between the Native Americans and the United States we may well expect to read in our lifetimes. That should be achievement enough to satisfy any historian., There is little doubt that Watt's fine work will stand the test of time....a must read for anyone interested in Native American history, the Apache Wars, or the Southwest.
