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Winning independence : the decisive years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 Cover Image Book Book

Winning independence : the decisive years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 / John Ferling.

Ferling, John E., (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781635572766
  • ISBN: 1635572762
  • ISBN: 9781635572766 : HRD
  • ISBN: 1635572762 : HRD
  • ISBN: 9781635572766
  • ISBN: 1635572762
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 701 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [565]-577) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Britain's war to win, 1775-1777 -- A new war coming -- From hope to consternation -- Launching the Southern strategy -- The year of marking time -- America's Saratoga -- Victories, setbacks, and missed opportunities -- New directions, new hope -- Risk-taking becomes the order of the day -- Fateful choices -- Choices and far-reaching decisions -- Cornwallis's gift -- Monumental decisions -- The trap slams shut -- Decisive victory -- Reckoning.
Summary, etc.:
"Winning Independence is the dramatic story of how and why Great Britain--so close to regaining several southern colonies and rendering the postwar United States a fatally weak nation--ultimately failed to win the war. The book explores the choices and decisions made by Clinton and Washington, and others, that ultimately led the French and American allies to clinch the pivotal victory at Yorktown that at long last secured American independence." -- Provided by publisher.

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Subject: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 > Military leadership.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Military leadership.
Command of troops.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
Great Britain. Army > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.

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