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Record Nr.

UNISA996248088303316

Autore

Shy John W

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-59740-531-0

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 356 p. )

Disciplina

973.3/3

Soggetti

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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