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Auteur(s) : O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson (1959-....)
Titre(s) : The men who lost America [Texte imprimé] : British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Description matérielle : xiv, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ;
27 cm
Collection : The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Lien à la collection : The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Comprend : pt. I ; The view from London. ; "The tyrant": George III ; ; The prime minister: Lord
North --pt. II ; Victory and defeat in the north (1776-1778). ; The peace commissioners?:
the Howe brothers ; ; "The old gamester": John Burgoyne ; ; "The Achilles of the American
war": Lord George Germain --pt. III ; Victory and defeat in the south (1778-1781).
; "The scapegoat": Sir Henry Clinton ; ; "Bagging the fox": Charles, Earl Cornwallis
--pt. IV ; Victory against France and Spain (1782). ; "Saint George": Sir George Rodney
; ; "Jemmy Twitcher": The Earl of Sandwich.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-448) and index
"The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British
Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political
leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes
a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who
directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels
the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were
able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the
author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime
Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich,
and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent,
and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary
War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the
fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with
a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories
against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British
Empire"
Sujet(s) : Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1760-1820
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Forces britanniques
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Opérations militaires
Grande-Bretagne. Army -- 18e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300191073 (hardcover) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0300191073 (hardcover) (acid-free
paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43592993d
Notice n° :
FRBNF43592993
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
