George Washington's War: The Saga of the American RevolutionHarper Collins, 24. avg. 2010 - 690 strani “Exciting accounts of the major campaigns [of the American Revolution] . . . a reminder of what history can be when written by a master.” —Publishers Weekly “Beginning with a recapitulation of the French and Indian War—which, though ending in British victory, represented the beginning of the end of the British empire in America—[Robert] Leckie briskly recounts the well-known events leading to America’s break with Britain and the military development of the war. In anecdotal biographical sketches, he draws vivid portraits of the war’s principals: George III, George Washington, Thomas Gage, Lord Cornwallis, and Benedict Arnold, among others. Leckie summarizes the principal battles of the war—Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Washington’s disastrous Long Island and Manhattan campaigns, his victories at Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, and Yorktown—in lucid, workmanlike fashion. In superb depictions of the British leaders and of the British home front, he also adds details rarely found in popular American histories, and, unlike some historians, he doesn’t neglect the southern war—the battles of Camden, Cowpens, and King’s Mountain are covered as thoroughly as any.” —Kirkus Reviews “Entertaining and enlightening.” —Booklist |
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THE STAMP ACT AND SAMUEL ADAMS | |
GEORGES FIRST SEIZURESTAMP ACT REPEALED | |
THE BOSTON MASSACRE | |
JOHN ADAMS | |
THE TORIES SOUR ON SAVIORSWASHINGTON ACCLAIMED | |
THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE | |
THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE CREEK | |
THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN | |
JOHN BURGOYNE | |
TICONDEROGA FALLS | |
FORT STANWIX ORISKANY BENNINGTON | |
FREEMANs FARM BEMIS HEIGHTSFINIS | |
TRIAL OF THE REDCOATS | |
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY | |
THOMAS GAGE | |
GAGE TAKES OVER | |
DR JOSEPH WARREN AND PAUL REVERE | |
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD | |
ETHAN ALLEN AND FORT TICONDEROGA | |
CONGRESS CHOOSES A WAR CHIEF | |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | |
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL | |
BRITISH SHOCK AND CHAGRIN | |
GEORGE IIIS WAR MACHINE | |
WASHINGTONS YANKEE DOODLES | |
LORD GEORGE GERMAIN | |
THE LURE OF CANADA | |
BENEDICT ARNOLD AND QUEBEC | |
TOWARD AN AMERICAN NAVY | |
CHARLES LEE AND CHARLESTON | |
HENRY KNOX AND THE GUNS OF | |
HOWE EVACUATES BOSTON | |
TOM PAINE AND COMMON SENSE | |
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | |
THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND | |
PEACE TALKSALEXANDER HAMILTONKIPS | |
THE RABBLE AROUSEDNEW YORK BURNSNATHAN HALE | |
THE BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS | |
DISASTER AT FORT WASHINGTON | |
ADMIRAL ARNOLD SAVES THE CAUSE | |
THE CAUSE COLLAPSINGTHE PERFIDY OF CHARLES | |
WASHINGTON RALLIES THE REVOLUTION | |
CORNWALLISS BAG COMES UP EMPTY | |
AFTER SARATOGA THE FRENCH ALLIANCE | |
THE FALL OF THE DELAWARE RIVER FORTS | |
VALLEY FORGEVON STEUBEN | |
THE CONWAY CABAL | |
THE BRITISH LION PURRS | |
THE BRITISH IN PHILADELPHIAHOWE GOES HOME | |
THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH COURTHOUSE | |
THE FRENCH ARRIVENEWPORT FIZZLESAVANNAH LOST | |
THE BORDER WARJOHN PAUL JONES | |
STONY POINTSAVANNAH REPULSEINFLATION | |
THE FALL OF CHARLESTON | |
LORD CHARLES CORNWALLIS | |
THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN | |
LONDON RIOTS PROLONG THE | |
ARNOLDS DISAFFECTION | |
ARNOLDS BETRAYAL | |
ANDRÉS END 65 THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN | |
MUTINYGREENE AND MORGANCOWPENS | |
THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE | |
GREENE RECONQUERS THE SOUTH | |
FRANCE DELIVERS | |
THE | |
A NEW ORDER OF THE AGES | |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
INDEX | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
Books by Robert Leckie | |
About the Publisher | |
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George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution Robert Leckie Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1992 |
George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution Robert Leckie Predogled ni na voljo - 1993 |
George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution Robert Leckie Predogled ni na voljo - 2010 |
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