Redskins in Bluecoats: A Strategic and Cultural Analysis of Gneral George Crook's Use of Apache Scouts in the Second Apache Campaign, 1882-18

by Michael J. Livingston and U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College

General George Crook's initial experiences in Native American warfare were so profound that they shaped him in a wayvery much unlike his contemporary officers. During General George Crook's Second Apache Campaign (1882-1886), his unique approach to the use of Apache scouts and his culturally sensitive leadership were so misunderstood by hiscontemporaries that it eventually led to his resignation of command and the imprisonment of all Chiricahua Apachescouts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511540257
• ISBN13: 9781511540254
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"