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1777 : The Year of the Hangman
"A revisionist view of the Revolution's most crucial year ... it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne's Canadian expedition and Howe's Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for w...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Prologue; One / The War Begins: 1775; The Appeal to Arms; The Birth of the American Army; Two / The American Secretary; Germain and the Strategy of Reconquest; The Great Troop Lift; The Howe Brothers; Three / Dress Rehearsal: 1776; The Canadian Offensive; The Mission of the Howes; The Retreat from New York; Four / Crisis in New Jersey; The Revolution in New Jersey; The Guns of Trenton; Princeton; Five / Arms and Men; The Redcoats; The Continentals; The Militia; Six / Germain and the Generals; The Plan Germinates; Spring Comes to America; Cat and Mouse in New Jersey.
- Seven / The Suppression of the LoyalistsThe Mob; The Law; The Enforcers; Eight / The Northern Invasion; "This Army Must Not Retreat"; Ticonderoga; The Spider and the Fly; Nine / The Gathering Storm; The Crisis in New York; Bennington; Drums Along the Mohawk; Ten / Saratoga: The First Battle; The Command of the Northern Department; The Army of the Northern Department; Freeman's Farm; Eleven / Philadelphia Takes Howe; By Sea to Philadelphia; The Brandywine; The Capital Falls; Twelve / Saratoga: The Forlorn Hope; The Hudson Highlands; Burgoyne Casts a Die; The Surrender; Thirteen / Stalemate.
- GermantownThe Fight for the Delaware; Valley Forge: End and Beginning; Fourteen / Epilogue: The French Alliance; Paris; London; York and Philadelphia; Fifteen / The Campaign of 1777: Success and Failure; The British High Command; The American High Command; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index.