The men who lost America :: British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire /
"The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the p...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| contents | The view from London. "The tyrant": George III ; The prime minister: Lord North -- 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 -- Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781). "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ; "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis -- Victory against France and Spain (1782). "Saint George": Sir George Rodney ; "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich. |
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| spelling | O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson. The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history "The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire"-- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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. Great Britain. Army History Revolution, 1775-1783. Great Britain. Army fast United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 British forces. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140145 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140147 Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056908 Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Participation, British. États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Forces britanniques. États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Campagnes et batailles. Grande-Bretagne Politique et gouvernement 1760-1820. HISTORY Europe Great Britain. bisacsh HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh Military campaigns fast Military participation British fast Politics and government fast Great Britain fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB989PWKg6VGKmH6MwK Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9BhDmCy7g3tvdH9hb 1760-1820 fast History fast has work: The men who lost America (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH7YkPwVyXBMFT9PkJrC33 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9780300191073 0300191073 (DLC) 2012047724 Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99831479 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=592050 Volltext |
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| title_alt | The view from London. "The tyrant": George III ; The prime minister: Lord North -- 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 -- Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781). "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ; "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis -- Victory against France and Spain (1782). "Saint George": Sir George Rodney ; "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich. |
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| title_full | The men who lost America : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy. |
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