REVOLUTION ON THE HUDSON - New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence

No part of the country was more contested during the American Revolution than New York City and its surroundings. Military leaders of the time-and generations of scholars since-believed that the Hudson River Valley was America's geographic jugular, which, if cut, would quickly bleed the rebellion to death. In Revolution on the Hudson, prize-winning historian George C. Daughan makes the daring new argument that this strategy would never have worked, and that dogged pursuit of dominance over the Hudson ultimately cost Britain the war. This groundbreaking naval history offers a thrilling response to one of our most vexing historical questions: How could a fledgling nation have defeated the most powerful war machine of the era?

About the author

George C. Daughan holds a PhD from Harvard University, where he studied under Henry Kissinger. One of his previous books, If By Sea, won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, and he has been honored with the Samuel Eliot Morison Award from the USS Constitution Museum for his work as a naval scholar. He lives in New Hampshire.

Summary

The riveting untold story of the fight for the Hudson River Valley, the decisive campaign of the Revolutionary War.

Product details

• Authors: George C. Daughan, Daughan George C.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2017
• EAN: 9780393354140
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35414-0
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 211 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 343 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / United States, Naval forces & warfare, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, United States of America, USA, Naval forces and warfare, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions