A Short History of the American Revolution

Informationen zum Autor James L. Stokesbury is the author of A Short History of World War I, A Short History of World War II, A Short History of the Korean War, and A Short History of the American Revolution. Before his death in 1995 he was a professor of history at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Klappentext The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive, this outstanding narrative history traces the growth of a conflict that inexorably set the American colonies on the road to independence. Offering a spirited chronicle of the war itself -- the campaigns and strategies, the leaders on both sides, the problems of fielding and sustaining an army, and of maintaining morale -- Stokesbury also brings the reader to the Peace of Paris in 1783 and into the miltarily exhausted, financially ruined yet victorious United States as it emerged to create a workable national system. Zusammenfassung The first one-volume survey of the American Revolution that is both objective and comprehensive! this outstanding narrative history traces the growth of a conflict that inexorably set the American colonies on the road to independence. Offering a spirited chronicle of the war itself -- the campaigns and strategies! the leaders on both sides! the problems of fielding and sustaining an army! and of maintaining morale -- Stokesbury also brings the reader to the Peace of Paris in 1783 and into the miltarily exhausted! financially ruined yet victorious United States as it emerged to create a workable national system.

Product details

• Authors: J. L. Stokesbury, James L Stokesbury, James L. Stokesbury
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.1993
• EAN: 9780688123048
• ISBN: 978-0-688-12304-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Short History; Short History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: Military / World War II, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY: MILITARY