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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... arrived at a deeper appreciation of Nathanael Greene, and grew to see Charles Lee as an especially tragic figure, a man at once possessed of superlative soldierly qualities and laden with ruinous character defects. I came to a deeper ...
... arrived at a deeper appreciation of Nathanael Greene, and grew to see Charles Lee as an especially tragic figure, a man at once possessed of superlative soldierly qualities and laden with ruinous character defects. I came to a deeper ...
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... arrived at last to take part in the siege of Boston, his unit had already been taken into the new Continental army and he was recommissioned a colonel.13 Glover's men were mostly white, though some African Americans were in the ranks ...
... arrived at last to take part in the siege of Boston, his unit had already been taken into the new Continental army and he was recommissioned a colonel.13 Glover's men were mostly white, though some African Americans were in the ranks ...
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... arrived in Concord not to defend an American union—nothing of the sort really existed— but to defend their province, Massachusetts, against what they believed to be the malevolent intentions of a far-off imperial government. All were ...
... arrived in Concord not to defend an American union—nothing of the sort really existed— but to defend their province, Massachusetts, against what they believed to be the malevolent intentions of a far-off imperial government. All were ...
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... arrived in America, urged what Ward most feared: the immediate dispatch of a naval-land force to seize Charlestown Neck. Clinton argued that taking the neck and mercilessly bombarding the heights would result in a bloodless conquest ...
... arrived in America, urged what Ward most feared: the immediate dispatch of a naval-land force to seize Charlestown Neck. Clinton argued that taking the neck and mercilessly bombarding the heights would result in a bloodless conquest ...
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... arrived of the loss of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, followed the very next day by an account of the battle for Bunker Hill and the stupendous price that the British army had paid to take it. Later in the summer the press reported the ...
... arrived of the loss of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, followed the very next day by an account of the battle for Bunker Hill and the stupendous price that the British army had paid to take it. Later in the summer the press reported the ...
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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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