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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... military history. My first book dealt with the experiences ofa Loyalistin the American Revolution, including his services on behalf of the British army. Over the years I never strayed far from the Revolutionary War. Now I have done what ...
... military history. My first book dealt with the experiences ofa Loyalistin the American Revolution, including his services on behalf of the British army. Over the years I never strayed far from the Revolutionary War. Now I have done what ...
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... military disasters, hoping to find safety in the highlands north of New York City. The objective of Evelyn and his comrades was to advance rapidly and seal off the Continentals' exit, trapping the rebel soldiery on Manhattan Island. If ...
... military disasters, hoping to find safety in the highlands north of New York City. The objective of Evelyn and his comrades was to advance rapidly and seal off the Continentals' exit, trapping the rebel soldiery on Manhattan Island. If ...
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... military officers were exalted. Those who served for a year or two earned the right to ever after be addressed by their military title and deferential neighbors often turned to them as natural leaders in church and civil life. In New ...
... military officers were exalted. Those who served for a year or two earned the right to ever after be addressed by their military title and deferential neighbors often turned to them as natural leaders in church and civil life. In New ...
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... military experience, and not infrequently the field officers were as callow as their men. George Washington, for instance, first entered an army at age twenty-two in 1754, and was named its commander in chief a month later. Virtually ...
... military experience, and not infrequently the field officers were as callow as their men. George Washington, for instance, first entered an army at age twenty-two in 1754, and was named its commander in chief a month later. Virtually ...
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... military troops” whose job was to make Americans “the slaves of dirty tools of arbitrary power.”18 Boston's radicals treated the presence of the British regulars as an “invasion” and a “military occupation.” They insisted, too, that the ...
... military troops” whose job was to make Americans “the slaves of dirty tools of arbitrary power.”18 Boston's radicals treated the presence of the British regulars as an “invasion” and a “military occupation.” They insisted, too, that 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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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence John E. Ferling Omejen predogled - 2009 |
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