"A respectable army" : the military origins of the republic, 1763-1789 / / James Kirby Martin, Mark Edward Lender

• Autore: Martin James Kirby <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3/3
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): LenderMark Edward <1947->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Notes ; Chapter 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 Exploits ; Financial 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
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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 Unive
• Titolo autorizzato: "A respectable army"
• ISBN: 1-118-92390-1; 1-118-92389-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460579603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)