The Bells of Victory
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The Bells of Victory

The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and Conduct of the Seven Years' War 1757-1762

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The Bells of Victory

The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and Conduct of the Seven Years' War 1757-1762

About this book

'Our Bells are worn threadbare with ringing for victory', wrote Horace Walpole after receiving news of Wolfe's victory at Quebec in October 1759. Traditional accounts of the Seven Years' War have emphasized the contribution of the Elder Pitt to the success of Britain in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, India and the Far East. The Bells of Victory argues that such a view is misguided and that, far from exercising single-handed control, Pitt's influence was necessarily circumscribed. The margin between military success and failure was extremely small, and the British authorities worked within constraints imposed by constitutional propriety and political expediency. Effective government action was the result of teamwork by many individuals in the diverse fields of diplomacy, politics, finance, the army, navy, ordnance and commissariat.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copy right
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction: The Outbreak of War and Formation of the Ministry
  10. 1 A Crisis of Confidence
  11. 2 A New Start
  12. 3 The Broadening Effort
  13. 4 The Threat of Invasion
  14. 5 The Bells of Victory
  15. 6 Consolidation
  16. 7 A New King
  17. 8 War with Spain: Conclusion
  18. Appendix: Pitt and the Historians
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index