Conquest of America, The: How the Indian Nations Lost Their Continent

[from the back] "In ten short chapters.. an account of the ongoing war waged by Europenas against the native peoples of the Americas in the five centuries after Columbus arrived.  Ranging from the Spanish conquest to the colonization of North America, from the seizure of land from the native inhabitants to present-day military interventions, Koning's provocative and readable history provides students with a different perspective on U.S. history and a framework for understanding US policy towards indigenous and foriegn peoples.