The Earth Is Weeping : The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

"With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indian tribal lands, setting off a wide-ranging conflict that would last more than three decades. In an exploration of the wars and negotiations that destroyed tribal ways of life even as they made possible the emergence of the modern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the encroachment experienced by the tribes and the tribal conflicts over whether to fight or make peace, and explores the squalid lives of soldiers posted to the frontier and the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies, "--Amazon.com.;Our children sometimes behave badly -- The plains aflame -- Red Cloud's War -- Warrior and soldier -- Hancock's War -- The last treaty -- Of Garryowen in glory -- The bloody policy of peace -- Tragedy in the Lava Beds -- The Buffalo War -- No rest, no peace -- Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse -- The Thieves' Road -- Guard us against all misfortune -- Last Stand -- The Great Father's fury -- A warrior I have been -- I will fight no more forever -- The Utes must go! -- Return to Apacheria -- Like so many vultures, greedy for blood -- Once I moved like the wind -- A clash of visions -- The place of the big killings. Sunday Times' Best History Books Of 2017 Winner Of The Gilder Lehrman Prize For Military History Winner Of The 2017 Caroline Bancroft History Prize Shortlisted For The Military History Magazine Book Of The Year Award Nominated For The 2017 Pen Hessell-tiltman 'extraordinary... Cozzens Has Stripped The Myth From These Stories, But He Is Such A Superb Writer That What Remains Is Exquisite' The Times In A Sweeping Narrative, Peter Cozzens Tells The Gripping Story Of The Wars That Destroyed Native Ways Of Life As The American Nation Continued Its Expansion Onto Tribal Lands After The Civil War, Setting Off A Conflict That Would Last Nearly Three Decades. By Using Original Research And First-hand Sources From Both Sides, Cozzens Illuminates The Encroachment Experienced By The Tribes And The Tribal Conflicts Over Whether To Fight Or Make Peace, And Explores The Squalid Lives Of Soldiers Posted To The Frontier And The Ethical Quandaries Faced By Generals Who Often Sympathized With Their Native Enemies. Bringing Together A Cast Of Fascinating Characters, Including Custer, Sherman, Grant And A Host Of Other Military And Political Figures, As Well As Great Native Leaders Such As Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo And Red Cloud, The Earth Is Weeping Is The Fullest Account To Date Of How The West Was Won... And Lost. A magisterial, essential history of the struggle between whites and Native Americans over the fate of the West.