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Record Nr.

UNINA9910993984103321

Autore

O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson

Titolo

The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

9780300195248 (electronic book)

9780300195248

0300195249

9781299648128

1299648126

9780300191073

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 pages)

Collana

Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Disciplina

973.3/2

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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)



-- CHAPTER EIGHT. "Saint George." Sir George Rodney. -- CHAPTER NINE. "Jemmy Twitcher." The Earl of Sandwich. -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Color plates.

Sommario/riassunto

A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort.