Title: The winning of independence.
Authors: Smelser, Marshall.
Publisher: Quadrangle Books,
Year: 1972
Subjects: United States History
Contents: Prologue -- An Assembly of the Angry -- From Ink to Blood -- Undeclared Independence -- Men at Arms, 1775-1776 -- The Balance of Obstinacy, 1775-1776 -- Means and Ends -- Toward Independence, 1776 -- Independent, Invaded, Intractable -- Diplomatic Dawn and Military Dusk -- The Year the British Might Have Won-1777 -- Hard Words and Cold Comfort, 1777-1778 -- Foreign Entanglements and Embraces, 1778 -- A Maritime Dimension Added, 1778-1779 -- Backward at Home, Forward Abroad, 1779-1780 -- The Worst of Times, 1780-1781 -- Of Real Estate and Nationalism, 1780-1781 -- The Long Lane to Yorktown, 1780-1781 -- Free, Sovereign, and Independent States -- Independence Won -- Why It Came Out as It Did -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Index.