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"A Few Bloody Noses"
The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution
- 499 pages
- English
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About this book
The noted British historian and author of
Liberators offers a colorful, enlightening and myth-busting history of the American Revolution.
According to King George III, Britain merely wanted to give America "a few bloody noses" and return to mutual cooperation. Yet the ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States, the most powerful country in the modern world. In " A Few Bloody Noses", Robert Harvey challenges conventional views of the American Revolution in almost every aspect—why it happened; who was winning and when; the characters of the principal protagonists; and the role of Native Americans and enslaved people.
Harvey takes a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the settlers in America, and those at home in Britain—the country that the settlers had left behind, and to which many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable account.
According to King George III, Britain merely wanted to give America "a few bloody noses" and return to mutual cooperation. Yet the ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States, the most powerful country in the modern world. In " A Few Bloody Noses", Robert Harvey challenges conventional views of the American Revolution in almost every aspect—why it happened; who was winning and when; the characters of the principal protagonists; and the role of Native Americans and enslaved people.
Harvey takes a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the settlers in America, and those at home in Britain—the country that the settlers had left behind, and to which many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable account.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- By the same author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Part One: A Fire in America
- Part Two: George v. George
- Part Three: The Eagle and the Lion
- Part Four: The South
- Part Five: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
- Select Bibliography
- Index