LEADER 03248nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455312203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-21039-6 010 $a1-282-31614-1 010 $a9786612316142 010 $a0-203-01970-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799687 035 $a(EBL)456645 035 $a(OCoLC)475071760 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10287881 035 $a(PQKB)11705272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC456645 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL456645 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10341892 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL231614 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799687 100 $a20090602d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStrategy in the American War of Independence$b[electronic resource] $ea global approach /$fedited by Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan and Michael T. McMaster 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aCass Military Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-69568-6 311 $a0-415-36734-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aThis book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context.Many do not realize the extent to which the 1775 colonial rebellion against British rule escalated into a global conflict. Collectively, this volume examines the strategies pursued by the American Colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland, and the League of Armed Neutrality, placing the military, naval, and diplomatic elements of the struggle in their proper global context. Moreover, assessing how each nat 410 0$aCass Military Studies 606 $aStrategy$xHistory 606 $aMilitary art and science$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStrategy$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 676 $a973.3 701 $aStoker$b Donald J$0475880 701 $aHagan$b Kenneth J$0889337 701 $aMcMaster$b Michael T$0889338 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455312203321 996 $aStrategy in the American War of Independence$91986823 997 $aUNINA