04287nam 2200709 450 991081229720332120200520144314.01-118-92390-11-118-92389-8(CKB)3710000000394532(EBL)1895756(SSID)ssj0001459858(PQKBManifestationID)12606602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459858(PQKBWorkID)11464892(PQKB)11094669(PQKBManifestationID)16037192(PQKB)23405924(MiAaPQ)EBC1895756(DLC) 2015016614(Au-PeEL)EBL1895756(CaPaEBR)ebr11043774(CaONFJC)MIL769868(OCoLC)908080372(MiAaPQ)EBC7104237(Au-PeEL)EBL7104237(JP-MeL)3000110394(EXLCZ)99371000000039453220150424h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr"A respectable army" the military origins of the republic, 1763-1789 /James Kirby Martin, Mark Edward LenderThird edition.Chichester, England :Wiley Blackwell,2015.20151 online resource (267 p.)The American History SeriesPreviolus ed.: 2006Includes index1-118-92388-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Of Lexington and Concord, and the Myths of the War, 1763-1775; Lexington and Concord; Of Standing Armies (Power) and Militia (Liberty); Ideological Transmission; The Provincial Militia Tradition; The Tyranny of Standing Armies; Notes; Chapter 2 The Republican War, 1775-1776; A Republican Order as the Goal; Regulars Versus Republicans: The British at Bay; The Adoption of a Continental Army; The British Military Counterthrust; The New York Campaign; Success and Failure; NotesChapter 3 Toward an American Standing Army, 1776-1777The Nature of the Continental Army; A New Model Rebel Army; William Howe's Campaign of 1777; The Saratoga Campaign; The American Search for Manpower; The Old Myth and the New Soldiery; Notes; Chapter 4 On and Off the Road of Despair, 1777-1779; Valley Forge; Mounting Anger in the Officer Corps; Tables Turned: New Life for the Cause; The British Dispersal of 1778; Growing Internal Division: Army and Society; Notes; Chapter 5 Moral Defeat and Military Turnabout, 1779-1781; Dispersed Warfare; Patriot Naval ExploitsFinancial Morass on the Home FrontThe War in the Southern States; Treason, Pensions, and Mutinies; Sudden Turnabout: The Road to Yorktown; Notes; Chapter 6 Of War, National Legitimacy, and the Republican Order, 1781-1789; The Yorktown Campaign; Formulating a Peace Settlement; The Newburgh Conspiracy; Transition to a Postwar World; Myth and Tradition: A Political/Military Settlement; Notes; A Note on Revolutionary War History and Historiography; Index; EULA""This new edition of a landmark study incorporates the latest scholarship on the Revolutionary War, and presents the conflict in a unified and accessible manner. It is vital to any comprehensive understanding of America's definitive conflict."" Edward G. Lengel , Professor and Director, Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia "A Respectable Army is an insightful, well-written account of the enduring legacy of America's war of independence. The authors have done a wonderful job turning their research into an immensely readable narrative." Terry Golway, Director, Kean UniveAmerican history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Campaigns973.3/3253.04njb/09973.33njb/09Martin James Kirby1943-1610660Lender Mark Edward1947-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812297203321"A respectable army"3953883UNINA