Shy Toward Lexington

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7934-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 474 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution.

Originally published in 1965.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Shy, John W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
I · Soldiers in North America Before 1760, pg. 1
II · The decision of 1763, pg. 45
III · The End of War in America, pg. 84
IV · The Problems of Peace, pg. 140
V · Soldiers Against Civilians, pg. 191
VI · Confusion and Indecision, pg. 232
VII · Boston: The Turning Point, pg. 267
VIII · A Pause, 1770–1773: The Army in Retrospect, pg. 321
IX · The Road to Lexington, pg. 375
Abbreviations, pg. 427
Acknowledgments and A Note on Sources, pg. 431
Index, pg. 437