The generals of Saratoga
Subtitle: John Burgoyne & Horatio Gates
By: Max M. Mintz.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780300047783
Subjects: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Appointment at Saratoga; title: Privilege; title: The skipjack; title: Luster; title: Merit; title: "The hard hand of power"; title: "The soldier draws his sword with alacrity"; title: "America must be subdued or relinquished"; title: "To preserve the liberty of the Western world"; title: The lost victory; title: Howe versus Burgoyne; title: Schuyler or Gates?; title: Ticonderoga; title: Escape; title: The American rubicon; title: Defiance; title: The call; title: Saratoga; title: Repulse; title: Surrender; title: The victor and the vanquished; title: Epilogue : The turn of the scale