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The Name of War
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The Name of War, by Harvard historian Jill Lepore, tells the story of King Philip’s War, the first major battle between American colonists and Native Americans, and its aftermath in historical commentary. It is a conflict the settlers barely win on the ground, but one in which they prevail decisively on the battlefield of the written word. Published in 1998, The Name of War gathers multiple awards, including the Bancroft Prize.
After decades of peace between New England settlers and indigenous Algonquians, several Native groups become frustrated by unfair treatment from colonists. They are angered by the settlers’ appropriation of their land and troubled by ongoing missionary efforts to convert the Natives to Christianity. These groups align themselves under Wampanoag chief Philip and attack English settlements in June 1675. More than a year of bloody and bitter fighting ensues, with death and destruction on both sides, until the Native groups are decimated, Philip is killed, and the English return to their burned-out villages and begin to rebuild.
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