Yorktown 1781 - The World Turned Upside Down

Informationen zum Autor Brendan Morrissey trained as a lawyer before working as a PR consultant and writer in the defence industry, principally with British Aerospace. He has a long-standing interest in military affairs and Anglo-American relations. Brendan has written several titles on this subject for Osprey, including Campaign 67 Saratoga 1777 , and Campaign 47 Yorktown 1781 . He is married and lives in Surrey, UK. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics, 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army, and the history of fortification. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world. Klappentext Osprey's Campaign title for the Siege of Yorktown (1781), which was part of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain the rebels in her American colonies had reached an inglorious stalemate. Six years on from the British defeat by the New England militia at Boston, George Washington's rebuilt Continental Army - with support from the French - now systematically began to seek out and destroy British forces even if protected by seemingly impregnable defences. Yorktown would be a salutary lesson to the British Crown about the odds she now faced in holding on to her colonies. Zusammenfassung This account of the Yorktown campaign of the American Revolution presents six full-colour battle scenes detailing the critical points in the battle. Yorktown would be a model example to the British Crown of the impossible odds she now faced in holding onto her colonies. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Road to YorktownThe Seat of WarThe Opposing CommandersThe Opposing ArmiesThe Campaign in Virginia 1781Naval Operations March-October 1781The Siege of YorktownAftermathThe Battlefields TodayChronology A Guide to Further Reading Wargaming the Yorktown Campaign ...

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Morrissey, Morrissey Brendan
• Assisted by: Adam Hook (Illustration), Hook Adam (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855326880
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-688-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 246 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.; Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Virginia, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Military and defence strategy, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, War and defence operations