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The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781
Greene J
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Paperback. The Siege of Yorktown, 1781. 528 pages, b/w photos, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight: 710.
The campaign has all the drama any historian could want: the war’s top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and more. By the summer of 1781, America had been at war with England for six years. No one believed in 1775 that the colonists would put up such a long and credible struggle. France sided with the colonies in 1778, but it was the dispatch of 5,500 infantry under Rochambeau in the summer of 1780 that shifted the tide of war against the British. In early ... Read more
The campaign has all the drama any historian could want: the war’s top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and more. By the summer of 1781, America had been at war with England for six years. No one believed in 1775 that the colonists would put up such a long and credible struggle. France sided with the colonies in 1778, but it was the dispatch of 5,500 infantry under Rochambeau in the summer of 1780 that shifted the tide of war against the British. In early ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
El Dorado Hills, United States
ISBN
9781932714685
SKU
V9781932714685
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Ref
99-11
About Greene J
Jerome A. Greene is a retired historian with the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of many books, including Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View; Washita: The U.S. Army and the Southern Cheyennes, 1867-1869; Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis; The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781; and ... Read more
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