The cause the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At t...
| Main Author: | Ellis, Joseph J. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776
- The Rubicon
- Prudence dictates
- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780
- The escape
- The few
- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783
- The protraction
- The Chesapeake
- The exit.