"A few bloody noses"
Subtitle: the realities and mythologies of the American Revolution
By: Robert Harvey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-460) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Part One: A Fire in America; title: 1. The Cauldron 1; title: 2. The Lobsters 28; title: 3. Stamp of Authority 45; title: 4. The Conciliators 68; title: 5. Sowing the Teeth 88; title: 6. Storm in a Teacup 108; title: 7. Powder Alarms 123; title: Part Two: George v. George; title: 8. Gauntlet of Fire 137; title: 9. Besieged 153; title: 10. The Commander in Chief 168; title: 11. We Hold These Truths 190; title: 12. Escape from New York 203; title: 13. Across the Delaware 214; title: Part Three: The Eagle and the Lion; title: 14. The Reason Why 227; title: 15. The Trap 243; title: 16. Someone had Blundered 265; title: 17. Betrayal 279; title: 18. World War 299; title: Part Four: The South; title: 19. Southern Strategy 315; title: 20. The Turntail and the Turncoat 336; title: 21. The Frontier War 349; title: 22. The Enslaved 359; title: 23. American Revival: King's Mountain and Cowpens 369; title: 24. The British Strike Back: Guilford Court House 381; title: 25. Into Virginia 391; title: 26. Encirclement 404; title: 27. Defeat 412; title: 28. The Diplomatic War 418; title: Part Five: Revolution and Counter-Revolution; title: 29. The Revolution Gathers Speed 431; title: 30. The Counter-Revolution 442.