Why read War of a Thousand Deserts?

Book cover of War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War

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An award-winning look at how Apaches, Navajos, Kiowas, and especially Comanches played a decisive role in America's watershed victory over Mexico

"An engaging book that enlivens the debate over the clash between Indians, Mexicans, and Americans in the Southwest."-Gary Clayton Anderson, Western Historical Quarterly

"Action-packed and densely argued."-Larry McMurtry, New…

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1 author picked War of a Thousand Deserts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Peter Francis Guardino

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I have long been interested in Native American and Mexican history, and I found this to be a wonderful book that explains how the actions of Native American groups shaped not only the area that became the American Southwest but also Northern Mexico.

Native Americans in the early nineteenth century did not produce many documents, and I am extremely impressed by DeLay’s ability to recover their history.

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