The generals of Saratoga : John Burgoyne & Horatio Gates /

This lively and colorful work offers a fresh account of the Saratoga campaign of 1777 through the lives of its opposing generals -- John Burgoyne, the British commander, and Horatio Gates, the American (but British-born) commander. The book vividly portrays the two men and the events that developed...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mintz, Max M., 1919-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.
Subjects:
Burgoyne, John, > 1722-1792.
Gates, Horatio, > 1728-1806.
Burgoyne, John > 1722-1792
Gates, Horatio > 1728-1806
1777
Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.
Campagne de Saratoga, 1777.
HISTORY > General.
Schlacht von Saratoga
New York (State)
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) > Schlacht.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Appointment at Saratoga
  • Privilege
  • The skipjack
  • Luster
  • Merit
  • "The hard hand of power"
  • "The soldier draws his sword with alacrity"
  • "America must be subdued or relinquished"
  • "To preserve the liberty of the Western world"
  • The lost victory
  • Howe versus Burgoyne
  • Schuyler or Gates?
  • Ticonderoga
  • Escape
  • The American rubicon
  • Defiance
  • The call
  • Saratoga
  • Repulse
  • Surrender
  • The victor and the vanquished
  • Epilogue : The turn of the scale.

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