The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire

The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire

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Auteur principal : O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
Publié : New Haven, London : Yale University press , cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-466 p.-[16] p. de pl.)
Collection : The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Sujets :
Grande-Bretagne > Army > 18e siècle
États-Unis > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Forces britanniques
États-Unis > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Opérations militaires
Politique et gouvernement > Grande-Bretagne > 1760-1820
  • pt. I
  • The view from London.
  • "The tyrant": George III ;
  • The prime minister: Lord North
  • pt. II
  • Victory and defeat in the north (1776-1778).
  • The peace commissioners?: the Howe brothers ;
  • "The old gamester": John Burgoyne ;
  • "The Achilles of the American war": Lord George Germain
  • pt. III
  • Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781).
  • "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ;
  • "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis
  • pt. IV
  • Victory against France and Spain (1782).
  • "Saint George": Sir George Rodney ;
  • "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich