From early exploration of America, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars to the world wars and the modern era, the forts and bases of Kansas have been central to America's defense. Beginning with Fort de Cavagnial in 1744 and ending with the defunct fields of Cold War missile silos, historians Debra Goodrich Bisel and Michelle M. Martin provide a guide to the forts and posts throughout Kansas.
The photographs and pictures are better quality than is normal for a book like this, and the chronological structure of the content puts it in understandable context.
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