Almost a miracle : the American victory in the War of Independence John Ferling

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferling, John E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Continental Army--Biography.

United States. Continental Army--Military life.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Soldiers--United States--History--18th century.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 679 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Book Club edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]

Summary:

Describes the military history of the American Revolution and the grim realities of the eight-year conflict while offering descriptions of the major engagements on land and sea and the decisions that influenced the course of the war.

Contents:

Introduction: "my country, my honor, my life": bravery and death in war

Pt. 1: going to war, 1775-1776

"Fear is not an American art": the coming of the war

"A loss that is greater than we can bear": going to war

Choices, 1775

Pt. 2: the war in the North, 1776-1779

"Hastening fast to a crisis": June 1775-June 1776

Choices, 1776

"Knock him up for the campaign": the Battle for New York, 1776

"This hour of adversity": to the end of 1776

Choices, 1777

"The caprice of war": America's pivotal victory at Saratoga

"We rallied and broke": the campaign for Philadelphia, September-December 1777

Choices, 1778

"A respectable army": the grim year, 1778

Choices, 1779

"A band of brotherhood": the soldiers, the army, and the forgotten war in 1779

"We have occasioned a good deal of terror": the war at sea

Choices, 1780

Pt. 3: the war in the South, 1780-1781

"A year filled with our disgraces": defeat in the South, 1780

"Southern means and Southern exertions": hope and despair, June-December 1780

Choices, 1781

"Bloody and severe": the pivotal Southern war, early 1781

"We are suspended in the balance": Spring and Summer 1781

Pt. 4: American victory, 1781-1783

"America is ours": victory at Yorktown, 1781

Choices, 1782

"May we have peace in our time": peace and demobilization, 1782-1783

"Little short of a miracle": accounting for America's victory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-661) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ferling, John E. Almost a miracle.

ISBN:

9780195181210

0195181212

OCLC:

85898929

Publisher Number:

9780195181210

99816843646