The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive, this outstanding narrative history traces the growth of a conflict that inexorably set the American colonies on the road to independence. Offering a spirited chronicle of the war itself -- the campaigns and strategies, the leaders on both sides, the problems of fielding and sustaining an army, and of maintaining morale -- Stokesbury also brings the reader to the Peace of Paris in 1783 and into the miltarily exhausted, financially ruined yet victorious United States as it emerged to create a workable national system.
The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive, this outstanding narrative history traces the growth of a conflict that inexorably set the American colonies on the road to independence.
Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain.
Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain.
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“Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant,” Mason warned, and slavery would “bring the judgment of heaven on a Country.” Slavery itself weakened a society and depressed the value of free labor. Looking westward, he noted that the ...
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The American Revolution: A Short History
What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.
... Iliffe NIETZSCHE Michael Tanner NINETEENTH‐CENTURY BRITAIN Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew THE NORMAN CONQUEST George Garnett NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green NORTHERN IRELAND Marc Mulholland NOTHING ...