Uncovering America’s First War: Contact, Conflict, and Coronado’s Expedition to the Rio Grande. Matthew F. Schmader. 2025. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. xix + 324 pp. 84. 95 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-8263-6793-8.

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• The central aim is to investigate the events and impacts of America's first war during Coronado's expedition.
• Historical analysis of expedition records
• Examination of primary sources
• Comparison of different accounts of conflict
• Contextual analysis of cultural encounters
• Identification of key conflicts during the expedition
• Insights into interactions between cultures
• Revelation of the consequences of these early confrontations
• Analysis of historical narratives surrounding the war