Iron tears : America's battle for freedom, Britain's quagmire, 1775-1783
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New York : Free Press, ©2005., New York : Free Press, [2005].
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xviii, 375 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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New York : Free Press, ©2005., New York : Free Press, [2005].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index.
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"For generations, Americans have been taught to view the Revolutionary War as a heroic tale of resistance, exclusively from the perspective of the Continental army and the Founding Fathers. Now, in Iron Tears, master historian Stanley Weintraub offers the first account that examines the war from three divergent and distinct vantage points: the battlefields; the American leadership under George Washington; and - most originally - that of England, embroiled in controversy over the war. Colonial America was England's Vietnam." "Weintraub's multifaceted analysis will forever change and expand our view of the struggle. Although Washington's army, with France's help, won the war, it is equally significant - both then and now - that Britain lost it. The British found themselves overwhelmed by the geographic and time constraints that prevented their military from holding on to the eighteen-hundred-mile length of the thirteen colonies, from across three thousand miles of ocean during the cumbersome era of water travel. Many in London realized that American independence was only a matter of time. Yet the British were enveloped in a fantasy world of self-delusion as the war trudged along." "Iron Tears renders an unprecedented account of the fight for American independence through British eyes, while narrating the battles that were waged across the Atlantic from Lexington to Yorktown and beyond."--BOOK JACKET
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Weintraub, S. (2005). Iron tears: America's battle for freedom, Britain's quagmire, 1775-1783 . Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-. 2005. Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire, 1775-1783. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-. Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire, 1775-1783 Free Press, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Stanley. Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire, 1775-1783 Free Press, 2005.
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