* Contents * List of Abbreviations * Prologue: An Empire for Liberty *1. Westward the Course of Empire *2. The Defense of the Reservation *3. World War II Battlegrounds *4. The Cold War on the Indian Frontier *5. Nation Building at Home and Abroad *6. The Last Indian War * Epilogue: Indian Country in the Twenty-first Century * List of Archival Sources * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
A superb, innovative book. The story of Native Americans in the Cold War is without doubt one of the most important in the relationship between race and foreign affairs, and Rosier is the first to tell it in full. Impressively researched and engagingly written, this book fills a major gap in the literature and will have widespread appeal. -- Thomas Borstelmann, author of The Cold War and the Color Line This pathbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on twentieth-century Indian politics, patriotism, and tribalism by tracking important intersections between domestic and international affairs. The Cold War and global colonization movements emboldened Native Americans to demand their rights. Simultaneously, events required them to defend their homelands from enemies both within and without the country. To be Indian and American poses no contradiction, as Rosier so wisely points out, if the nation lives up to its ideals and its treaty obligations. -- Sherry L. Smith, author of Reimagining Indians
Paul C. Rosier is Associate Professor of History, Villanova University.
A superb, innovative book. The story of Native Americans in the
Cold War is without doubt one of the most important in the
relationship between race and foreign affairs, and Rosier is the
first to tell it in full. Impressively researched and engagingly
written, this book fills a major gap in the literature and will
have widespread appeal. -- Thomas Borstelmann, author of The
Cold War and the Color Line
This pathbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on
twentieth-century Indian politics, patriotism, and tribalism by
tracking important intersections between domestic and international
affairs. The Cold War and global colonization movements emboldened
Native Americans to demand their rights. Simultaneously, events
required them to defend their homelands from enemies both within
and without the country. To be Indian and American poses no
contradiction, as Rosier so wisely points out, if the nation lives
up to its ideals and its treaty obligations. -- Sherry L. Smith,
author of Reimagining Indians
In this extensively researched and well-documented study, Rosier
examines modern Native American political history within an
international context. -- Deborah Dawson * Booklist *
Fascinating...This is an important book, certain to generate
considerable discussion. -- Brian Hosmer * Pacific Historical
Review *
Serving Their Country presents a compelling argument...Rosier has
produced an important book that will provide scholars with much to
engage, discuss, and debate. -- Daniel M. Cobb * American
Historical Review *
A fascinating study documenting how federal American Indian
policies intersected with national and international
issues...Although other historians have written about specific eras
in which this intersection occurred, Rosier's intriguing and
sweeping study adds much to the literature. -- Laurence M. Hauptman
* Journal of American History *
By putting Indian affairs in a broader, international context he
does the field a great service. -- Joy Porter * Journal of American
Studies *
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