03504nam 2200637Ia 450 991099398410332120250427151327.097803001910739780300195248 (electronic book)9780300195248(electronic bk.)030019524997812996481281299648126(MiAaPQ)EBC3421249(Au-PeEL)EBL3421249(CaPaEBR)ebr10718705(CaONFJC)MIL496062(OCoLC)849493511(CKB)17701213900041(Perlego)2450726(EXLCZ)991770121390004120121219d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe men who lost America British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire /Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy1st ed.New Haven Yale University Press2013New Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (497 pages)Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyPublished 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.Print version: O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson The Men Who Lost America New York : Yale University Press,c2013 9780300191073 0300191073 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort.The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History SeriesMen Who Lost America, The Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Participation, BritishUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783British forcesUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CampaignsGreat BritainPolitics and government1760-1820Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Participation, British.973.3/2O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson1676727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910993984103321The men who lost America4359718UNINA