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Still the least-understood theater of the Civil War, the Southwest Borderlands saw not only Union and Confederate forces clashing but Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos struggling for survival, power, and dominance on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. While other scholars have examined individual battles, Andrew E. Masich is the first to analyze these conflicts as interconnected civil wars. Based on previously overlooked Indian Depredation Claim records and a wealth of other sources, this book is both a close-up history of the Civil War in the region and an examination of the war-making traditions of its diverse peoples. Along the border, Masich argues, the Civil War played out as a collision between three warrior cultures. Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos brought their own weapons and tactics to the struggle, but they also shared many traditions.
About the Author
Andrew E. Masich, Ph.D, is President and CEO of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (on the web at www.heinzhistorycenter.org) and former Chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (www.phmc.state.pa.us) . He previously served as a museum director with the Arizona Historical Society and the Colorado Historical Society (History Colorado) . Dr. Masich is an Emmy Award winning producer of historical documentaries and an adjunct professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University. He has authored The Civil War in Arizona; The Story of the California Volunteers and co-authored three other books with David F. Halaas: Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: a Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat, Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent, and Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL.
