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Marlborough's America / Stephen Saunders Webb.
LIBRA DA462.M3 W53 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Stephen Saunders, 1937-
- Series:
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722--Military leadership.
- Marlborough, John Churchill.
- Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722.
- Command of troops.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- America.
- Administration.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714.
- Politics and government.
- Imperialism--History--18th century.
- Imperialism.
- Military government of dependencies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 579 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Preface: army and empire
- Envoy: "The sunshine day"
- Winning America in Europe: précis
- Grand designs
- The march to the Danube
- Blenheim
- Greater Britain
- Ramillies and union
- "The endless war": précis
- Oudenarde
- Malplaquet
- The duke's decline
- Quebec and Bouchain
- Marlborough's America: précis
- The dreadful death of Daniel Parke
- Defending the Revolution: Robert Hunter in New York
- Alexander Spotswood: architect of empire
- Epilogue: the "golden adventure".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300178593
- 030017859X
- OCLC:
- 785865047
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