A short history of the American Revolutionary War / Stephen Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, Stephen, 1957-

Series:

I.B. Tauris short histories.

I.B. Tauris short histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019

Other Title:

American Revolutionary War

Place of Publication:

London ; I.B. Tauris, 2013.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something a mythic character, especially in the United States. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; from the heroic resistance of the militia Minutemen at the battles of Lexington and Concord to the famous crossing of the Delaware by General George Washington; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The thirteen colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The long road to Lexington

The war for America

The World War

Civilians

Endings and explanations

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857733542

0857733540

9780755603817

0755603818

9781306894678

1306894670

9780857723833

0857723839

OCLC:

881887750