A Short History of the American Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 068812304X
- ISBN-13
- 9780688123048
- Series
- A Short History of the American Revolution
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01-27
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- James L. Stokesbury
Description
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.
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