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Book

Whirlwind : the American Revolution and the war that won it

Call Number

  • 973.3 F357.3 (CEN)

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Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.

Physical Description

xxii, 409 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Contents

  • "I am a Briton": on the brink
  • "Loyal but jealous of their liberties": changes in imperial policy and the colonists' thinking, 1759-1766
  • "A plan for governing and quieting them": the second great crisis, 1767-1770
  • "I am unwilling to give up that duty on America": to the Tea Party, 1770-1773
  • "Behold America where matters are driving": 1774, year of momentous decisions
  • "Blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country": the war begins
  • "Great Britain is equal to the contest": war brings crucial changes in 1775
  • "The birthday of a new world": America declares independence
  • "The American cause is in a critical situation": the New York Campaign in 1776
  • "Across America in a hop, step, and a jump": the campaigns of 1777
  • "The central stone in the geometrical arch": the war is transformed in 1778
  • "The longest purse will win the war": reform at home while the war takes a new turn
  • "Whom can we trust now?": a year of disasters, 1780
  • "A war of desolation shocking to humanity": the southern theater in 1780-1781
  • "We have got Cornwallis in a pudding bag": the decisive victory at Yorktown
  • "Oh god, it is all over": peace, conspiracy, demobilization, change, 1781-1783.

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