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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... force of light infantry, set off into the interior to secure the right flank along Split Rock Road. Simultaneously, a small advance force, a few more than one hundred men, was sent to explore the road itself and to determine whether any ...
... force of light infantry, set off into the interior to secure the right flank along Split Rock Road. Simultaneously, a small advance force, a few more than one hundred men, was sent to explore the road itself and to determine whether any ...
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... force driving the American protest. Glover spoke of the joy to be had in breathing “American Air.” Freedom was at stake in this contest, he said repeatedly. The war would determine whether Americans were “freemen or slaves.” To be a ...
... force driving the American protest. Glover spoke of the joy to be had in breathing “American Air.” Freedom was at stake in this contest, he said repeatedly. The war would determine whether Americans were “freemen or slaves.” To be a ...
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... force sent into America . . . will not find a rebellion [but] they may indeed make one.”17 Widespread protests in America caused Britain to repeal the Stamp Act after a year, although in the Townshend Duties and Tea Act Parliament ...
... force sent into America . . . will not find a rebellion [but] they may indeed make one.”17 Widespread protests in America caused Britain to repeal the Stamp Act after a year, although in the Townshend Duties and Tea Act Parliament ...
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... forces, and some perhaps would have agreed with the general that Benjamin Franklin heard exclaim, “with a Thousand British grenadiers, he would undertake to go from one end of America to the other, and geld all the Males, partly by force ...
... forces, and some perhaps would have agreed with the general that Benjamin Franklin heard exclaim, “with a Thousand British grenadiers, he would undertake to go from one end of America to the other, and geld all the Males, partly by force ...
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... force. It was nudged along by the king's conviction, aired to North, that “blows must decide whether they [the colonies] are to be subject to this country or independent.” The attorney general also advised that the rebel leaders in ...
... force. It was nudged along by the king's conviction, aired to North, that “blows must decide whether they [the colonies] are to be subject to this country or independent.” The attorney general also advised that the rebel leaders in ...
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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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