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O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson |
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The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
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9780300195248 (electronic book) |
9780300195248 |
0300195249 |
9781299648128 |
1299648126 |
9780300191073 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (497 pages) |
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Collana |
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Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history |
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Participation, British |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 British forces |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns |
Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Published in the United Kingdom by Oneworld Publications under the title: The men who lost America : British command during the Revolutionary War and the preservation of the empire. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. THE VIEW FROM LONDON -- CHAPTER ONE. "The Tyrant." George III. -- CHAPTER TWO. The Prime Minister. Lord North. -- PART II. VICTORY AND DEFEAT IN THE NORTH (1776-1778) -- CHAPTER THREE. The Peace Commissioners? The Howe Brothers. -- CHAPTER FOUR. "The Old Gamester." John Burgoyne. -- CHAPTER FIVE. "The Achilles of the American War." Lord George Germain. -- PART III. VICTORY AND DEFEAT IN THE SOUTH (1778-1781) -- CHAPTER SIX. "The Scapegoat." Sir Henry Clinton. -- CHAPTER SEVEN. "Bagging the Fox." Charles, Earl Cornwallis. -- PART IV. VICTORY AGAINST FRANCE AND SPAIN (1782) |
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