03248nam 2200673Ia 450 991045531220332120200520144314.01-134-21039-61-282-31614-197866123161420-203-01970-9(CKB)1000000000799687(EBL)456645(OCoLC)475071760(SSID)ssj0000343299(PQKBManifestationID)11947788(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343299(PQKBWorkID)10287881(PQKB)11705272(MiAaPQ)EBC456645(Au-PeEL)EBL456645(CaPaEBR)ebr10341892(CaONFJC)MIL231614(EXLCZ)99100000000079968720090602d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStrategy in the American War of Independence[electronic resource] a global approach /edited by Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan and Michael T. McMasterAbingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (263 p.)Cass Military StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-69568-6 0-415-36734-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; About the editors; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Colonial military strategy; 2 The birth of American naval strategy; 3 British military strategy; 4 British naval strategy; 5 The King's Friends: Loyalists in British strategy; 6 Ambivalent allies: Strategy and the Native Americans; 7 French strategy and the American Revolution; 8 Spanish policy and strategy; 9 Dutch maritime strategy; 10 The League of Armed Neutrality, 1780-83; Select bibliography; IndexThis book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context.Many do not realize the extent to which the 1775 colonial rebellion against British rule escalated into a global conflict. Collectively, this volume examines the strategies pursued by the American Colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland, and the League of Armed Neutrality, placing the military, naval, and diplomatic elements of the struggle in their proper global context. Moreover, assessing how each natCass Military StudiesStrategyHistoryMilitary art and scienceUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783United StatesHistory, Military18th centuryElectronic books.StrategyHistory.Military art and scienceHistory973.3Stoker Donald J475880Hagan Kenneth J889337McMaster Michael T889338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455312203321Strategy in the American War of Independence1986823UNINA