The War for American Independence

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From 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781

By: Samuel B. Griffith

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Paperback | 14 July 2002

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Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and personal accounts of colonial soldiers, The War for American Independence provides an unprecedented view of America's struggle for independence in its world context. With wit, clarity, and dramatic effect, Samuel B. Griffith II vivifies the characters and incidents of the period on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from personal diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, and detailed battle maps to create a unique alternative to standard histories of the period. This enduring and exceptionally readable resource, first published in 1976 under the title In Defense of the Public Liberty: Britain, America, and the Struggle for Independence from 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781, was honored with the Sons of Liberty Award for the best book on the American Revolution.''A book on the American Revolution so fresh and continually surprising is a miracle at this time. It is sharp, fast, and beautifully written. . . . General Griffith has made it, for once, a two-sided war.''--Barbara Tuchman ''It is the insights which the author derives from his own military experience and his willingness to share these so frankly with the reader that gives the book its distinctive character. . . . It is, in the best sense, a soldier's view of the war.''--Economist ''An exhaustive and well-written political and military account of our War for Independence from primary sources.''--National Review

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REVIEWS OF HARDCOVER EDITION ''A book on the American Revolution so fresh and continually surprising is a miracle at this time. It is sharp, fast, and beautifully written... General Griffith has made it, for once, a two-sided war.'' -- Barbara Tuchman ''It is the insights which the author derives from his own military experience and his willingness to share these so frankly with the reader that gives the book its distinctive character... It is, in the best sense, a soldier's view of the war.'' -- Economist ''An exhaustive and well-written political and military account of our War for Independence from primary sources.'' -- National Review ''Well-written, interesting, balanced in judgment, and historically sound.'' -- Library Journal

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History History of the Americas Warfare & Defence War & Defence Operations Battles & Campaigns Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Most Troublesome and Boisterous Times
A Patriot King	p. 3
A Contest Appears to Be Opened	p. 13
A Most Pernicious Measure	p. 26
A Farmer in Pennsylvania	p. 47
Quarrells, Rencounters and Combats	p. 70
Lyons and Lambs
A Nest of Locusts; A Focus of Tumult	p. 89
All America Is in a Flame	p. 113
Blows Must Decide	p. 126
To Scourge Them with Rods of Iron	p. 143
An Affair that Happened on the 19th Inst.	p. 157
Imbarked on a Tempestuous Ocean
A Kind of Destiny	p. 175
Oh! Mad, Mad England!	p. 199
An Ill-omened and Inauspicious Character	p. 223
To Restore Liberty to Our Brethren in Canada	p. 237
Parole: The Congress; Countersign: America	p. 252
America is an Ugly Job, a Damned Affair Indeed
Really Gaming Deep	p. 273
An Impudent and Atrocious Proclamation	p. 287
A Glorious Achievement	p. 301
The Dissolution of Our Army Is Approaching	p. 317
To Strike Some Stroke	p. 338
Organized Disaster
Thoughts for Conducting the War from the Side of Canada	p. 363
Messengers of Justice and Wrath	p. 373
The Fickle Goddess Fortune	p. 387
A Gathering Storm	p. 403
Not More than Mortal	p. 419
Obstinate Rebels
You Cannot Conquer America	p. 435
To Starve, Dissolve, or Disperse	p. 453
Our Situation Is Alarming	p. 467
America Takes Her Rank Among the Nations	p. 481
Will Mr. Washington Attack?	p. 498
The Common Cause
Spirit Equal to the Risk	p. 515
Hourly Change of Circumstance	p. 537
On the Brink of a Precipice	p. 565
Something Sould Be Hazarded	p. 583
To Spirit Up the People	p. 608
With Zeal and Bayonets Only	p. 624
A Perilous Adventure	p. 638
At the Eve of Great Events	p. 654
Notes	p. 675
Bibliography	p. 698
Index	p. 711
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The War for American Independence

From 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781

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