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050 0 4 _aE208
_b.F43 2015
090 _aE 208 .F43 2015
100 1 _aFerling, John E.,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _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.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury Press,
_c2015.
300 _axxii, 409 pages :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xCampaigns.
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