The War for America, 1775-1783 Mackesy PiersPaperback
The War for America, 1775-1783 Mackesy PiersPaperback The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers.…
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The War for America, 1775-1783 Mackesy PiersPaperback
The events of the American Revolution signified by Lexington, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown are familiar to American readers. England was also pitted against France and Spain. Far less familiar is the fact that, for the British, the American colonies were only one front in a world war.
In this vivid history Piers Mackesy views the American Revolution from the standpoint of the British government and the British military leaders as they attempted to execute an overseas war of great complexity. Not always in command of the seas and threatened with invasion, England tried grimly for eight years to subdue its rebellious colonies; to hold Canada, the West Indies, India, and Gibraltar; and to divide its European enemies. Their tactical response to the American Revolution is now comprehensible, seen as part of a grand imperial strategy.
Piers Mackesy is a noted historian