

The wars brutality compelled the colonists to defend themselves against accusations that they had be savages.

Some even argued that the massacres and outrages on both sides were too horrific to deserve the name of a war. Book Synopsis BANCROFF PRIZE WINNER - King Philips War, the excruciating racial war-colonists against Indigenous peoples-that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history. About the Book Skillfully interpreting reactions to the war on both sides, the historian author reveals the crucial role the conflict played in shaping the adversaries ideas of themselves and to each other.
