| International Standard Book Number |
9781639730155 40.00
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| International Standard Book Number |
163973015X :
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| Personal Name |
Ferling, John E.
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| Title Statement |
Shots heard round the world : America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War / John Ferling.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xxiv, 534 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Maps -- Preface -- Decisions for war -- War -- Success and failure -- Pivotal actions and inactions -- European aid and planning for campaign 1777 -- The critical moment is at hand: the 1777 campaign -- Building castles in the air -- Stalemate -- Armies and navies, soldiers and sailors -- Off the battlefield -- Into the southern vortex -- The war's outcome hangs in the balance -- On the knife's edge -- The decisive Allied victory in the American Theater -- War and peace -- Reflections on America's Revolutionary War -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th anniversary"--Book jacket.
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| Subject |
United States. Continental Army.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Generals United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Soldiers History 18th century. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Foreign relations 1775-1783.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Foreign relations Europe.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Foreign relations Great Britain.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History Influence. Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History Participation, Foreign. Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Politics and government 1775-1783.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain Foreign relations United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain Kings and rulers 18th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Europe Foreign relations United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Europe Kings and rulers 18th century.
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