The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy |
Autore | O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) : illustrations, plates (colour) |
Collana | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history |
Soggetto topico | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Participation, British |
ISBN |
0-300-19524-9
9780300195248 (electronic book) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. The view from London. "The tyrant": George III ; The prime minister: Lord North -- Part II. Victory and defeat in the north (1776-1778). The peace commissioners?: the Howe brothers ; "The old gamester": John Burgoyne ; "The Achilles of the American war": Lord George Germain -- Part III. Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781). "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ; "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis -- Part IV. Victory against France and Spain (1782). "Saint George": Sir George Rodney ; "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index - Colour plates follow page 178. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792016003321 |
O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson | ||
New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy |
Autore | O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) : illustrations, plates (colour) |
Collana | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history |
Soggetto topico | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Participation, British |
ISBN |
0-300-19524-9
9780300195248 (electronic book) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. The view from London. "The tyrant": George III ; The prime minister: Lord North -- Part II. Victory and defeat in the north (1776-1778). The peace commissioners?: the Howe brothers ; "The old gamester": John Burgoyne ; "The Achilles of the American war": Lord George Germain -- Part III. Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781). "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ; "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis -- Part IV. Victory against France and Spain (1782). "Saint George": Sir George Rodney ; "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index - Colour plates follow page 178. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809588203321 |
O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson | ||
New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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