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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... utmost exertions of desperate Valor” could save George Washington's army and the cause, Colonel John Haslet had written on the eve on the redcoats' landing.1 Though the British could not see them, Continental soldiers were. 2. introduction.
... utmost exertions of desperate Valor” could save George Washington's army and the cause, Colonel John Haslet had written on the eve on the redcoats' landing.1 Though the British could not see them, Continental soldiers were. 2. introduction.
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... redcoats were only five hundred yards down the road, Glover, with calm authority, ordered his men to advance. When merely fifty yards of open, lonely road separated the British from the Continentals, the redcoat commander ordered his ...
... redcoats were only five hundred yards down the road, Glover, with calm authority, ordered his men to advance. When merely fifty yards of open, lonely road separated the British from the Continentals, the redcoat commander ordered his ...
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... redcoats' performance in the late war and disparaged their current crop of general officers as “the refuse of an exhausted nation.” In contrast, the Americans, he insisted, had given a good account of themselves in the previous war ...
... redcoats' performance in the late war and disparaged their current crop of general officers as “the refuse of an exhausted nation.” In contrast, the Americans, he insisted, had given a good account of themselves in the previous war ...
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... redcoats that crossed the North Bridge, marching toward a suspected second magazine roughly a mile from the center of town. The British found little in either supply depot, as most of Concord's stores had been transferred elsewhere ...
... redcoats that crossed the North Bridge, marching toward a suspected second magazine roughly a mile from the center of town. The British found little in either supply depot, as most of Concord's stores had been transferred elsewhere ...
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... redcoats awakened to discover that they were besieged by a vast American army. Over the next few days the siege army, or Grand American Army, as some called it, grew to nearly 16,000 men.2 Actually, there was not one siege army, but ...
... redcoats awakened to discover that they were besieged by a vast American army. Over the next few days the siege army, or Grand American Army, as some called it, grew to nearly 16,000 men.2 Actually, there was not one siege army, but ...
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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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