Author: Caleb Stark
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385555159
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark, with Notices of Several Other Officers of the Revolution
Author: Caleb Stark
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385555159
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385555159
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Memoir, correspondence and miscellanies from the papers of Thomas Jefferson
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete
Author: William T. Sherman
Publisher: Namaskar Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Publisher: Namaskar Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The Compleat Victory
Author: Kevin J. Weddle
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019991253X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019991253X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."
In Many a Strife
Author: Allan R Millett
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682472981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A veteran of both world wars and the Korean War, Gen. Gerald C. Thomas helped change the Marine Corps in the twentieth century. Though not as well-known as John Lejeune, Chesty Puller, and A. A. Vandegrift, he was, as this book clearly demonstrates, responsible for the transformation of the Marines into a highly effective amphibious assault force and Cold War force in readiness. In this volume, the well-known military historian Allan R. Millett provides not only an assessment of General Thomas's career but an objective analysis of the creation of the modern Marine Corps. At the same time, he offers an expert interpretation of the "inside" leadership of the Corps. Millett has based the book on documentary research in private and official papers, including the general's own oral memoir and draft autobiography.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682472981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A veteran of both world wars and the Korean War, Gen. Gerald C. Thomas helped change the Marine Corps in the twentieth century. Though not as well-known as John Lejeune, Chesty Puller, and A. A. Vandegrift, he was, as this book clearly demonstrates, responsible for the transformation of the Marines into a highly effective amphibious assault force and Cold War force in readiness. In this volume, the well-known military historian Allan R. Millett provides not only an assessment of General Thomas's career but an objective analysis of the creation of the modern Marine Corps. At the same time, he offers an expert interpretation of the "inside" leadership of the Corps. Millett has based the book on documentary research in private and official papers, including the general's own oral memoir and draft autobiography.
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
Author: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel During His Residence in America ; Translated from the Original German of Max Von Eelking
Author: William Leete Stone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel, During His Residence in America
Author: Max von Eelking
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Memoirs of My Own Times
Author: James Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description