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A people numerous and armed : reflections on the military struggle for American independence / John Shy.

Author/creator Shy, John W.
Format Book and Print
EditionRev. ed.
Publication Info[Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan Press, ©1990.
Descriptionxii, 356 pages ; 21 cm.
Supplemental Content ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subject(s)
Series Ann Arbor paperbacks ; 2A
Ann Arbor paperbacks 2A. ^A910199
Contents 1. The American Revolution Today 9 -- 2. A New Look at the Colonial Militia 29 -- 3. The Spectrum of Imperial Possibilities: Henry Ellis and Thomas Pownall, 1763-1775 43 -- 4. The Empire Militant: Thomas Gage and the Coming of War 81 -- 5. American Society and Its War for Independence 117 -- 6. American Strategy: Charles Lee and the Radical Alternative 133 -- 7. Hearts and Minds in the American Revolution: The Case of "Long Bill" Scott and Peterborough, New Hampshire 163 -- 8. Armed Loyalism: The Case of the Lower Hudson Valley 181 -- 9. British Strategy for Pacifying the Southern Colonies, 1778-1781 193 -- 10. The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War 213 -- 11. The Legacy of the American Revolutionary War 245 -- 12. The American Military Experience: History and Learning 265.
Abstract Contains twelve essays in which the author examines the political, social, and intellectual dimensions of the military effort mounted by the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
General noteCover title: A people numerous & armed.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-344) and index.
Other titlePeople numerous & armed.
LCCN 89040806
ISBN0472064312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0472094319 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E230.S5 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold