A people numerous and armed : reflections on the military struggle for American independence / John Shy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shy, John W.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 356 p. )

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Other Title:

People numerous & armed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c1990.

Contents:

Introduction to the Original Edition

1. The American Revolution Today

2. A New Look at the Colonial Militia

3. The Spectrum of Imperial Possibilities: Henry Ellis and Thomas Pownall, 1763-1775

4. The Empire Militant: Thomas Gage and the Coming of War

5. American Society and Its War for Independence

6. American Strategy: Charles Lee and the Radical Alternative

7. Hearts and Minds in the American Revolution: The Case of "Long Bill" Scott and Peterborough, New Hampshire

8. Armed Loyalism: The Case of the Lower Hudson Valley

9. British Strategy for Pacifying the Southern Colonies, 1778-1781

10. The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War

11. The Legacy of the American Revolutionary War

12. The American Military Experience: History and Learning

Further Reflections

Notes:

Earlier ed. entered under: A people numerous and armed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781597405317

1597405310

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01399 hdl