Scars of independence : America's violent birth
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Crown, [2017]
Physical Description
xiv, 559 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
The American Revolution is often protrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this deeply researched and elegantly written account of America's founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war--one that shaped the nation, and the British Empire, in ways we have only begun to understand.--
Contents
- Tory-hunting
- Britain's dilemma
- Rubicon
- Plundering protectors
- Violated bodies
- Slaughterhouses
- Black holes
- Skiver them! Skiver them!
- Town-destroyer
- Americanizing the war
- Man for man
- Returning losers.