The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution, Williams, Glyndwr
Автор: MacNiven Robbie Название: British Light Infantry in the American Revolution ISBN: 1472842499 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472842497 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 14840.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: During the Seven Years' War (1755-63), a number of independent light-infantry outfits served under British command and dedicated light companies were added to the British Army's regular infantry battalions. The light companies were disbanded after the war but the prominent role played by light infantry was not forgotten, and in 1771-72 light-infantry companies were reinstated in every regiment in the British Isles. Although William Howe formed a training camp at Salisbury in 1774 specifically to practise light-infantry doctrine, the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 found the British Army wanting, and the light companies were no different.
After evacuating Boston in March 1776, Howe began to remodel and drill his army at Halifax, standardizing lighter uniform and emphasizing more open-order tactics. He also brigaded his light companies together into composite battalions, which went on to fight in almost every major engagement during the American Revolution. They spearheaded British assaults, using night-time surprise and relying upon the bayonet in engagements such as Paoli and Old Tappan.
They also matched their regular and irregular opponents in bush-fighting, and at times fought in far-flung detachments alongside Native American and Loyalist allies on the frontier. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this book offers a comprehensive guide to the formation, uniform, equipment, doctrines and tactics of these elite light infantry companies and battalions, and considers how, over the course of the war they developed a fearsome reputation, and exemplified the psychological characteristics exhibited by crack military units across history.
This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past. The Daily Telegraph
Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's 'wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history. In The Age of Revolution - the third volume of Churchill's history - Churchill charts the rise of Great Britain as a world power and the long rivalry with France, the shadow of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and his defeat at Waterloo. The volume also covers the rise of the American colonies, their triumphant overthrow of British rule in the War of Independence and the first great generation of American leaders: Washington, Adams and Jefferson.
Автор: Cookson Gillian Название: Age of Machinery ISBN: 1783272767 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783272761 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An engagingly written account of textile engineering in its key northern centres, rich with historical narrative and analysis.
Автор: Williams, Glyndwr Название: The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution ISBN: 0714631582 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714631585 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Plank, Geoffrey (professor Of Early Modern History, Professor Of Early Modern History, University Of East Anglia) Название: Atlantic wars ISBN: 0190860456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190860455 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 32730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Atlantic Wars is the first work to comprehensively explore how warfare shaped human experience around the Atlantic from the late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. It examines how armed conflict affected how and where people lived, who they associated with, how they perceived each other, how they structured their societies, and whether they survived.
Автор: Magra Название: Poseidon`s Curse ISBN: 1107112141 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107112148 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 53850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Highlighting the British Navy`s appropriation of American ships and mariners, Poseidon`s Curse places the American Revolution in its wider Atlantic World context, demonstrating how events on and around the Atlantic Ocean helped cause the Revolution.
Автор: Magra Christopher P. Название: Poseidon`s Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution ISBN: 1107531055 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107531055 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Highlighting the British Navy`s appropriation of American ships and mariners, Poseidon`s Curse places the American Revolution in its wider Atlantic World context, demonstrating how events on and around the Atlantic Ocean helped cause the Revolution.
Автор: Gould Eliga H., Onuf Peter S. Название: Empire and Nation: The American Revolution in the Atlantic World ISBN: 1421418428 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421418421 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 46590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Finally, contributors examine the changes wrought by the American Revolution both within Britain`s remaining imperial possessions and among the other states in the emerging "concert of Europe."
Автор: Prado Fabricio Название: Edge of Empire: Atlantic Networks and Revolution in Bourbon Rio de La Plata ISBN: 0520285166 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520285163 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 31680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo`s autonomist projects.
Автор: Nester William R. Название: Titan: British Power in the Age of Revolution and Napoleon ISBN: 0806152052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806152059 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: When the leaders of the French Revolution executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1793, they sent a chilling message to the hereditary ruling orders in Europe. Believing that monarchy anywhere presented a threat to democratic rule in France, the leaders of the revolution declared war on European aristocracies, including those of Great Britain. For more than twenty years thereafter, France and England waged a protracted war that ended in British victory. In Titan, William R. Nester offers a deeply informed and thoroughly fascinating narrative of how England accomplished this remarkable feat. Between 1789 and 1815, British leaders devised, funded, and led seven coalitions against the revolutionary and Napoleonic governments of France. In each enterprise, statesmen and generals searched for order amid a complex welter of bureaucratic, political, economic, psychological, technological, and international forces. Nester combines biographies of great men - the likes of William Pitt, Horatio Nelson, and Arthur Wellesley - with an explanation of the critical decisions they made in Britain's struggle for power and his own keen analysis of the forces that operated beyond their control. Their efforts would eventually crush France and Napoleon and establish a system of European power relations that prevented a world war for nearly a century. The interplay of individuals and events, the importance of conjunctures and contingency, the significance of Britain's island character and resources: all come into play in Nester's exploration of the art of British military diplomacy. The result is a comprehensive and insightful account of the endeavors of statesmen and generals to master the art of power in a complex battle for empire.
Автор: Dillon John Название: All at Sea ISBN: 1912866676 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912866670 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 31630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How the British Army relied on the Navy for support during the American Revolutionary War.
Автор: Eliga H. Gould Название: Persistence of Empire: British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution ISBN: 0807848468 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807848463 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 52910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work examines the British public`s predominantly loyal reponse to its government`s actions during the American revolution. Drawing on nearly 1000 political pamphlets, as well as broad sides, private memoirs and popular cartoons it offers an insight into 18th-century British political culture.
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