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A people numerous and armed: reflections on the military struggle for American independence

John W. Shy c1990 © John W. Shy
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  • 9780472064311 (paper)
  • 9781597405317 (ebook)
Subject
  • American: Colonial to 1789
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  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction to the Original Edition (page 1)
  • 1. The American Revolution Today (page 9)
  • 2. A New Look at the Colonial Militia (page 29)
  • 3. The Spectrum of Imperial Possibilities: Henry Ellis and Thomas Pownall, 1763-1775 (page 43)
  • 4. The Empire Militant: Thomas Gage and the Coming of War (page 81)
  • 5. American Society and Its War for Independence (page 117)
  • 6. American Strategy: Charles Lee and the Radical Alternative (page 133)
  • 7. Hearts and Minds in the American Revolution: The Case of "Long Bill" Scott and Peterborough, New Hampshire (page 163)
  • 8. Armed Loyalism: The Case of the Lower Hudson Valley (page 181)
  • 9. British Strategy for Pacifying the Southern Colonies, 1778-1781 (page 193)
  • 10. The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War (page 213)
  • 11. The Legacy of the American Revolutionary War (page 245)
  • 12. The American Military Experience: History and Learning (page 265)
  • Further Reflections (page 295)
  • Notes (page 299)
  • Index (page 345)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 82.2 (Apr. 1977): 436-437 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197704%2982%3A2%3C436%3AAPNAAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
MA 41.2 (Apr. 1977): 99 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-3931%28197704%2941%3A2%3C99%3ATPWAII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
WMQ 3.34.2 (Apr. 1977): 325-326 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28197704%293%3A34%3A2%3C325%3AAPNAAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
JAH 63.4 (Mar. 1977): 998-1000 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28197703%2963%3A4%3C998%3AAPNAAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S
RAH 5.1 (Mar. 1977): 56-61 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-7511%28197703%295%3A1%3C56%3AWARASP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
ENHR 94.370 (Jan. 1979): 202-203 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28197901%2994%3A370%3C202%3AAPNAAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
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