Shots heard round the world America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
"From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th anniversary. In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were killed. The British c...
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New York :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
