ebooks The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy in History

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This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37); a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources; Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological; linguistic; and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict; he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies. He also provides a reappraisal of the interaction of ideology and self- interest as motivating factors in the Puritan attack on the Pequots.