Global Book Network - Rick M. Schoenfield

Join us as we speak with Rick M. Schoenfield, author of The Soldiers Fell Like Autumn Leaves: The Battle of the Wabash, the United States' Greatest Defeat in the Wars Against Indigenous Peoples. In this powerful and eye-opening interview, Schoenfield unpacks the historical significance of the 1791 Battle of the Wabash—also known as St. Clair's Defeat—the deadliest U.S. military loss in conflicts with Native Nations.Discover how this pivotal moment in American history has been overshadowed, what it reveals about the early U.S. military and Indigenous resistance, and why it's more relevant than ever in the national conversation about historical memory and justice.