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245 13 a| "A few bloody noses" :b| the realities and mythologies of the American Revolution /c| Robert Harvey.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| Woodstock, NY :b| Overlook Press,c| 2002.;

300 a| xii, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, plans ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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500 a| Originally published: London : John Murray, 2001.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-460) and index.;

505 0 a| Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- Fire in America -- Cauldron -- Lobsters -- Stamp of authority -- Conciliators -- Sowing the teeth -- Storm in a teacup -- Powder alarms -- George v. George -- Gauntlet of fire -- Besieged -- Commander in Chief -- We hold these truths -- Escape from New York --Across the Delaware -- Eagle and the lion -- Reason why -- Trap -- Someone had blundered -- Betrayal -- World war -- South -- Southern strategy -- Turntail and the turncoat -- Frontier war -- Enslaved -- American revival: King's mountain and cowpens -- British Strike Back: Guilford court house -- Into Virginia -- Encirclement -- Defeat -- Diplomatic wWar -- Revolution and counter-revolution -- Revolution gathers speed -- Counter-revolution -- Select bibliography -- Index.;

520 a| "We meant well to the Americans -- just to punish them with a few bloody noses, and then to make laws for the happiness of both countries," said George III. The ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States -- this extraordinary country, this amalgam of people from every corner of the earth. Robert Harvey, whose most recent book Liberators cast a new light on the struggle against colonialism in South America, challenges many conventional views of the American Revolution -- why it happened, who was winning and when, who was for it and who was not, the characters of the principal protagonists, and the role of Native Americans and slaves. Harvey creatively studies this seminal event in the making of the United States, taking a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the colonists in America, and those at home in Britain -- the country that the colonists had left behind, and to which (not so widely known) many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable work.;

651 0 a| United Statesx| Historyy| Revolution, 1775-1783.=| ^A23314;

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"A few bloody noses" : the realities and mythologies of the American Revolution / Robert Harvey.

Author/creator	Harvey, Robert, 1953-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2002.
Description	xii, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	United States--History. --Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--History. --Revolution, 1775-1783. --Influence.

Contents	Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- Fire in America -- Cauldron -- Lobsters -- Stamp of authority -- Conciliators -- Sowing the teeth -- Storm in a teacup -- Powder alarms -- George v. George -- Gauntlet of fire -- Besieged -- Commander in Chief -- We hold these truths -- Escape from New York --Across the Delaware -- Eagle and the lion -- Reason why -- Trap -- Someone had blundered -- Betrayal -- World war -- South -- Southern strategy -- Turntail and the turncoat -- Frontier war -- Enslaved -- American revival: King's mountain and cowpens -- British Strike Back: Guilford court house -- Into Virginia -- Encirclement -- Defeat -- Diplomatic wWar -- Revolution and counter-revolution -- Revolution gathers speed -- Counter-revolution -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Abstract	"We meant well to the Americans -- just to punish them with a few bloody noses, and then to make laws for the happiness of both countries," said George III. The ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States -- this extraordinary country, this amalgam of people from every corner of the earth. Robert Harvey, whose most recent book Liberators cast a new light on the struggle against colonialism in South America, challenges many conventional views of the American Revolution -- why it happened, who was winning and when, who was for it and who was not, the characters of the principal protagonists, and the role of Native Americans and slaves. Harvey creatively studies this seminal event in the making of the United States, taking a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the colonists in America, and those at home in Britain -- the country that the colonists had left behind, and to which (not so widely known) many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable work.
General note	Originally published: London : John Murray, 2001.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-460) and index.
LCCN	2002020619
ISBN	1585672734 (alk. paper)

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