Patriot Battles

Informationen zum Autor Michael Stephenson is the former editor of the Military Book Club and the editor of National Geographic's Battlegrounds: Geography and the History of Warfare . He lives in New York City. Klappentext Michael Stephenson's Patriot Battles is a comprehensive and richly detailed study of the military aspects of the War of Independence, and a fascinating look at the nuts and bolts of eighteenth-century combat. Covering everything from what motivated those who chose to fight to how they were enlisted, trained, clothed, and fed, it offers a close-up view of the war's greatest battles, with maps provided for each. Along the way many cherished myths are challenged, reputations are reassessed, and long-held assumptions are tested. One of the most satisfying and illuminating contributions to the literature on the War of Independence in many years, Patriot Battles is a vastly entertaining work of superior scholarship and a refreshing wind blowing through some of American history's dustier corridors. Zusammenfassung Michael Stephenson's Patriot Battles is a comprehensive and richly detailed study of the military aspects of the War of Independence! and a fascinating look at the nuts and bolts of eighteenth-century combat. Covering everything from what motivated those who chose to fight to how they were enlisted! trained! clothed! and fed! it offers a close-up view of the war's greatest battles! with maps provided for each. Along the way many cherished myths are challenged! reputations are reassessed! and long-held assumptions are tested. One of the most satisfying and illuminating contributions to the literature on the War of Independence in many years! Patriot Battles is a vastly entertaining work of superior scholarship and a refreshing wind blowing through some of American history's dustier corridors.

Product details

• Authors: Michaal Stephenson, Michael Stephenson
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2008
• EAN: 9780060732622
• ISBN: 978-0-06-073262-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY: Military / General, HISTORY: Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions