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_aE208 _b.F43 2015 |
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_aFerling, John E., _eauthor. _96160 |
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_aWhirlwind : _bThe American Revolution and the War That Won It / _cJohn Ferling. |
246 | 3 | 0 | _aAmerican Revolution and the war that won it |
250 | _aFirst U.S. edition. | ||
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_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Press, _c2015. |
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_axxii, 409 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c24 cm |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _a"I am a Briton": on the brink -- "Loyal but jealous of their liberties": changes in imperial policy and the colonists' thinking, 1759-1766 -- "A plan for governing and quieting them": the second great crisis, 1767-1770 -- "I am unwilling to give up that duty on America": to the Tea Party, 1770-1773 -- "Behold America where matters are driving": 1774, year of momentous decisions -- "Blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country": the war begins -- "Great Britain is equal to the contest": war brings crucial changes in 1775 -- "The birthday of a new world": America declares independence -- "The American cause is in a critical situation": the New York Campaign in 1776 -- "Across America in a hop, step, and a jump": the campaigns of 1777 -- "The central stone in the geometrical arch": the war is transformed in 1778 -- "The longest purse will win the war": reform at home while the war takes a new turn -- "Whom can we trust now?": a year of disasters, 1780 -- "A war of desolation shocking to humanity": the southern theater in 1780-1781 -- "We have got Cornwallis in a pudding bag": the decisive victory at Yorktown -- "Oh god, it is all over": peace, conspiracy, demobilization, change, 1781-1783. | |
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_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783. _96161 |
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_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xCampaigns. _96162 |
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