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Martin James Kirby <1943-> |
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Titolo |
"A respectable army" : the military origins of the republic, 1763-1789 / / James Kirby Martin, Mark Edward Lender |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
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2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-92390-1 |
1-118-92389-8 |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Collana |
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The American History Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previolus ed.: 2006 |
Includes index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Of Lexington and Concord, and the Myths of the War, 1763-1775; Lexington and Concord; Of Standing Armies (Power) and Militia (Liberty); Ideological Transmission; The Provincial Militia Tradition; The Tyranny of Standing Armies; Notes; Chapter 2 The Republican War, 1775-1776; A Republican Order as the Goal; Regulars Versus Republicans: The British at Bay; The Adoption of a Continental Army; The British Military Counterthrust; The New York Campaign; Success and Failure; Notes |
Chapter 3 Toward an American Standing Army, 1776-1777The Nature of the Continental Army; A New Model Rebel Army; William Howe's Campaign of 1777; The Saratoga Campaign; The American Search for Manpower; The Old Myth and the New Soldiery; Notes; Chapter 4 On and Off the Road of Despair, 1777-1779; Valley Forge; Mounting Anger in the Officer Corps; Tables Turned: New Life for the Cause; The British Dispersal of 1778; Growing Internal Division: Army and Society; Notes; Chapter 5 Moral Defeat and Military Turnabout, 1779-1781; Dispersed Warfare; Patriot Naval Exploits |
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Financial Morass on the Home FrontThe War in the Southern States; Treason, Pensions, and Mutinies; Sudden Turnabout: The Road to Yorktown; Notes; Chapter 6 Of War, National Legitimacy, and the Republican Order, 1781-1789; The Yorktown Campaign; Formulating a Peace Settlement; The Newburgh Conspiracy; Transition to a Postwar World; Myth and Tradition: A Political/Military Settlement; Notes; A Note on Revolutionary War History and Historiography; Index; EULA |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""This new edition of a landmark study incorporates the latest scholarship on the Revolutionary War, and presents the conflict in a unified and accessible manner. It is vital to any comprehensive understanding of America's definitive conflict."" Edward G. Lengel , Professor and Director, Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia "A Respectable Army is an insightful, well-written account of the enduring legacy of America's war of independence. The authors have done a wonderful job turning their research into an immensely readable narrative." Terry Golway, Director, Kean Unive |
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