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1) The men who lost America: British leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiv, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers...
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