Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of IndependenceOxford University Press, 4. jun. 2007 - 704 strani In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. Some do not always measure up to their iconic reputations, including Washington himself. The book also examines the many faceless men who soldiered, often for years on end, braving untold dangers and enduring abounding miseries. The author explains why they served and sacrificed, and sees them as the forgotten heroes who won American independence. |
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... Indian War in the 1750s. Many of the men had worked in the maritime trades before the war. They were tough men, accustomed to facing peril even in their civilian pursuits, and they were led by Colonel John Glover, whom Washington had ...
... Indian War in the 1750s. Many of the men had worked in the maritime trades before the war. They were tough men, accustomed to facing peril even in their civilian pursuits, and they were led by Colonel John Glover, whom Washington had ...
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... Indian War, rising from ensign to captain, and when Massachusetts reactivated its militia on the eve of the war with Great Britain he was elevated to the rank of lieutenant colonel. But neither Glover nor Marblehead's unit fought on the ...
... Indian War, rising from ensign to captain, and when Massachusetts reactivated its militia on the eve of the war with Great Britain he was elevated to the rank of lieutenant colonel. But neither Glover nor Marblehead's unit fought on the ...
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... New England went to war with the Indians within seven years of landing at Boston, again forty years later, and four additional times in the next seventy-five years. Most of the Indian wars occurred because the English colonies.
... New England went to war with the Indians within seven years of landing at Boston, again forty years later, and four additional times in the next seventy-five years. Most of the Indian wars occurred because the English colonies.
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... Indians), swapped and grabbed American territories in the peace settlements. The English colonists received no help from London while waging the Indian wars in the seventeenth century. The Crown first sent soldiers to America in 1676 ...
... Indians), swapped and grabbed American territories in the peace settlements. The English colonists received no help from London while waging the Indian wars in the seventeenth century. The Crown first sent soldiers to America in 1676 ...
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... Indian villages and food supplies; and summary executions of prisoners or their sale into slavery in faraway lands. In time, warfare in the colonies came to be associated with a manner of fighting that England's career soldiers ...
... Indian villages and food supplies; and summary executions of prisoners or their sale into slavery in faraway lands. In time, warfare in the colonies came to be associated with a manner of fighting that England's career soldiers ...
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THE WAR IN THE NORTH 17761779 | 73 |
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH 17801781 | 407 |
AMERICAN VICTORY 17811783 | 521 |
Abbreviations | 576 |
Notes | 578 |
Bibliography | 653 |
Index | 663 |
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