A Short History of the American Revolutionary War

ISBN-13: 9781350147119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 232 str.

Stephen Conway

Opis

The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on a mythic character and become emblematic of American national identity.

Spis treści

PrefaceIntroductionDramatis Personae Timeline1. The Long Road to Lexington2. The War for America3. The World War4. Civilians5. Endings and Explanations6. EpilogueNotesFurther ReadingIndex

O autorze

Stephen Conway is Professor of History at University College London. He is the author of The War of American Independence, 1775-1783 (1995), The British Isles and the War of American Independence (2000) and War, State and Society in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain and Ireland (2006).