America,_Becoming_A_Country_Through_Invasions

America, Becoming A Country Through Invasions America, Becoming A Country Through Invasion “Warpaths” by Ian K. Steele, is the book I chose to read for my book report. “Warpaths” discusses the invasions of North America and the struggles that went on so that Europeans could gain control of the “New Land.” The book is broken into three main sections; Bases for Invasion, 1565-1684,Colonies and Tribes, 1687-1748, and finally Empires, Colonies, and Tribes, 1784-1765. In the course of my essay I will go through and discuss the strengths and weaknesses in each section. I will talk about the use of maps, illustrations and the references notes that are used through out the text. Ian K. Steele has the main objective in this book of creating a new image of how America was “created.” Steele takes an Ethno historic and military, perspective on the invasions of America. He presents a new and radical view of how things took place and the reasoning behind the events that took place. The lay out of the book is similar to that of a common textbook, which creates a strong structurally persuasive book. The multitude of sources used by Steele forms a feeling of security in the readers mind, as to the authenticity steele, book, america, new, maps, forts, time, tribes, place, part, about, world, took, out, land, europeans, through, number, location, invasions, invasion, creates, colonies, clearly, chapter, weaknesses, view, talks, strengths, show, section, north, information, great, empires, during, british, begins, because, back, arpaths, vast, using, understanding, though, talking, styles, speaks, sources, showing