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Autore |
Shy John W |
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Titolo |
A people numerous and armed : reflections on the military struggle for American independence / / John Shy |
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Ann Arbor, Mich., : University of Michigan Press, c1990 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 356 p. ) |
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United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 |
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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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Earlier ed. entered under: A people numerous and armed. |
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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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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 |
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