Redcoats and rebels
Subtitle: the war for America, 1770-1781
By: Christopher Hibbert
Series: Classic military history
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780141390215
Subjects: History; Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
Description: "The story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated troops on the one side and heroic American patriots in their homespun shirts and coonskin caps on the other. Basing his compelling narrative on a variety of sources - enlivened by astute character sketches of the principal participants and eye-witness accounts - Christopher Hibbert portays the realities of a savage war which raged the length of an entire continent. It was war, condemned by thousands of his fellow-countrymen, which George Washington came perilously close to losing. Both before and after General Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga the British rarely lost a battle until the French, motivated largely by self-interest, helped the rebels defeat Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781"--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London : Grafton, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Table of Principal Events.; title: Author's Note and Acknowledgements.; title: 1.; title: Sons of Liberty.-- p. 3.; title: 2.; title: First Blood.-- p. 17.; title: 3.; title: Bunker Hill.-- p. 42.; title: 4.; title: Washington Takes Command.-- p. 64.; title: 5.; title: 'An Ugly Job'.-- p. 76.; title: 6.; title: War in Canada.-- p. 88.; title: 7.; title: Disasters in Virginia.-- p. 101.; title: 8.; title: Declaration of Independence.-- p. 113.; title: 9.; title: Battle for New York.-- p. 119.; title: 10.; title: Generals at Loggerheads.-- p. 133.; title: 11.; title: Winter on the Delaware.-- p. 143.; title: 12.; title: Fall of Philadelphia.-- p. 153.; title: 13.; title: Army of the North.-- p. 162.; title: 14.; title: Surrender at Saratoga.-- p. 182.; title: 15.; title: English Debate.-- p. 201.; title: 16.; title: Intrigues at Valley Forge.-- p. 212.; title: 17.; title: Fighting at Monmouth Court House.-- p. 220.; title: 18.; title: Enemies of the French.-- p. 227.; title: 19.; title: Marching through Georgia.-- p. 239.; title: 20.; title: Quarrels in New York.-- p. 248.; title: 21.; title: Butchers and Patriots.-- p. 256.; title: 22.; title: Slaughter on King's Mountain.-- p. 270.; title: 23.; title: Traitor and the Spy.-- p. 290.; title: 24.; title: With Cornwallis in the Carolinas.-- p. 298.; title: 25.; title: Road to Yorktown.-- p. 314.; title: Epilogue.-- p. 333.; title: Fate of Characters Whose End Is Not Recorded in the Text.-- p. 339.; title: Illustration Credits.-- p. 359.; title: Index.-- p. 361.