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Social Organization Of Warfare
In the first chapter entitled the Social Organization of Warfare, Alonso provides a vivid social and historical background on how the Chihuahuan frontier comes into being. Known as “the locus of endemic warfare between colonists and indigenes” (21) for centuries, violence in Chihuahuan frontier has become significant to the making of this particular society. As a matter of fact, the state does not only legalize “the use of violence against indigenes” but also makes “the warfare against the Apache a source of personal prestige and status of honor” (46) especially for the military colonies such as the peasants of Namiquipa. The fluidity of this frontier society also allows its people to achieve individual success based on “extraordinary valor
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