Marlborough's America
By: Stephen Saunders Webb
Series: The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9780300178593
Subjects: Politics and government; Military government of dependencies; Military leadership; Colonies; Imperialism; Administration; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: army and empire; title: Envoy: "The sunshine day"; title: Winning America in Europe: précis; title: Grand designs; title: The march to the Danube; title: Blenheim; title: Greater Britain; title: Ramillies and union; title: "The endless war": précis; title: Oudenarde; title: Malplaquet; title: The duke's decline; title: Quebec and Bouchain; title: Marlborough's America: précis; title: The dreadful death of Daniel Parke; title: Defending the Revolution: Robert Hunter in New York; title: Alexander Spotswood: architect of empire; title: Epilogue: the "golden adventure".