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The Improbable Victory: The Campaigns, Battles and Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1775-83: In Association with The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Daniel Marston
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Description for The Improbable Victory: The Campaigns, Battles and Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1775-83: In Association with The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190. .
The American Revolution reshaped the political map of the world, and led to the birth of the United States of America. Yet these outcomes could have scarcely been predicted when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. American rebel forces were at first largely a poorly trained, inexperienced and disorganized militia, pitted against one of the most formidable imperial armies in the world. Yet following a succession of defeats against the British, the rebels slowly rebounded in strength under the legendary leadership of George Washington. The fortunes of war ebbed and flowed, from the humid southern states of ... Read more
The American Revolution reshaped the political map of the world, and led to the birth of the United States of America. Yet these outcomes could have scarcely been predicted when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. American rebel forces were at first largely a poorly trained, inexperienced and disorganized militia, pitted against one of the most formidable imperial armies in the world. Yet following a succession of defeats against the British, the rebels slowly rebounded in strength under the legendary leadership of George Washington. The fortunes of war ebbed and flowed, from the humid southern states of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472823144
SKU
V9781472823144
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99-50
About Daniel Marston
Daniel Marston BA MA (McGill) DPhil (Oxon.) FRHistS holds a Professorship in Military Studies and is also the Principal of the Military and Defence Studies Program at the Australian Command & Staff College in Canberra. He previously held the Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair of the Art of War at the US Army Command and General Staff College and was a ... Read more
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