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Almost a miracle, the American victory in the War of Independence, John Ferling

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-661) and index

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Almost a miracle

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John Ferling

the American victory in the War of Independence

Describes the military history of the American Revolution and the grim realities of the eight-year conflict while offering descriptions of the major engagements on land and sea and the decisions that influenced the course of the war

"My country, my honor, my life" : bravery and death in war -- Part 1. Going to war, 1775-1776. "Fear is not an American art" : the coming of the war ; "A loss that is greater than we can bear" : going to war ; Choices, 1775 -- Part 2. The war in the North, 1776-1779. "Hastening fast to a crisis" : June 1775-June 1776 ; Choices, 1776 ; "Knock him up for the campaign" : the Battle for New York, 1776 ; "This hour of adversity" : to the end of 1776 ; Choices, 1777 ; "The caprice of war" : America's pivotal victory at Saratoga ; "We rallied and broke" : the Campaign for Philadelphia, September-December 1777 ; Choices, 1778 ; "A respectable army" : the grim year, 1778 ; Choices, 1779 ; "A band of brotherhood" : the soldiers, the army, and the forgotten war in 1779 ; "We have occasioned a good deal of terror" : the war at sea ; Choices, 1780 -- Part 3. The war in the South, 1780-1781. "A year filled with our disgraces" : defeat in the South, 1780 ; "Southern means and Southern exertions" : hope and despair, June-December 1780 ; Choices, 1781 ; "Bloody and severe" : the pivotal Southern war, early 1781; "We are suspended in the balance" : Spring and Summer 1781-- Part 4. American victory, 1781-1783. "America is ours" : victory at Yorktown, 1781 ; Choices, 1782 ; "May we have peace in our time" : peace and demobilization, 1782-1783 ; "Little short of a miracle" : accounting for America's victory

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