Southern gambit : Cornwallis and the British march to Yorktown
2018
973.341 C297 2018
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Title
Southern gambit : Cornwallis and the British march to Yorktown
Variant Title
Cornwallis and the British march to Yorktown
Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Description
xiii, 314 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
973.341 C297 2018
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1052902513
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index.
Contents: "Gain the hearts and subdue the minds of America" : British strategic leadership and the southern campaign -- "Without which the machine must fail" : British command and control and the southern strategy -- "They are not prepared for a scene of war" : the southern campaign begins -- "Everywhere and nowhere" : partisan warfare in the Carolinas -- "Fatal infatuation" : Cornwallis invades North Carolina -- "What is done, cannot now be altered" : the southern campaign draws to a close -- "Peril and delusion" : the judgment of history.
L2019M21
"Addresses the southern campaign of 1778-81 in the war of American independence from the British strategic perspective, focusing on Lieutenant-General Charles, Earl Cornwallis' operations in the Carolinas and Virginia leading to the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: "Gain the hearts and subdue the minds of America" : British strategic leadership and the southern campaign -- "Without which the machine must fail" : British command and control and the southern strategy -- "They are not prepared for a scene of war" : the southern campaign begins -- "Everywhere and nowhere" : partisan warfare in the Carolinas -- "Fatal infatuation" : Cornwallis invades North Carolina -- "What is done, cannot now be altered" : the southern campaign draws to a close -- "Peril and delusion" : the judgment of history.
L2019M21
"Addresses the southern campaign of 1778-81 in the war of American independence from the British strategic perspective, focusing on Lieutenant-General Charles, Earl Cornwallis' operations in the Carolinas and Virginia leading to the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781"--Provided by publisher.
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