Description
| Product ID: | 9781350147119 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Short Histories |
| Title: | A Short History of the American Revolutionary War |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Conway |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | History of the Americas, History of the Americas, History, History, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Military history, History of ideas, Politics and government, Battles and campaigns, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Military history, History of ideas, Politics & government, Battles & campaigns, USA, Modern period, c 1500 onwards, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare. The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world''s first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists'' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere''s ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-01 |
