The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence
The World Turbaned Upside Down is a collection of original essays dealing with various aspects of the American victory in the War of Independence. Each contributor, through examination of a particular topic, attempts to explain why the American colonists won the war, or why Great Britain lost. Reflecting the benefits of the impressive scholarship of the past fifty years, the objective of the essays is not only to synthesize the disparate strands within earlier studies, but, through fresh research, to offer new insights into the outcome of this conflict. Virtually every facet is considered, from the leaders to the common soldiers, from land warfare to naval engagements, from the eastern theater to the western frontier fighting, from logistical considerations to political matters, and from domestic concerns to the international ramifications of the war.

This is the first collection published in the last twenty five years that focuses on the one paramount question: Why did the colonists win the War of Independence? It enriches our understanding not only of the complexities of the worldwide struggle that erupted in 1775, but of the many factors which led the diplomats in Paris in 1782-83 to recognize the reality of the American victory. This book will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of American history, U.S. military history, and the American Revolution.

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The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence
The World Turbaned Upside Down is a collection of original essays dealing with various aspects of the American victory in the War of Independence. Each contributor, through examination of a particular topic, attempts to explain why the American colonists won the war, or why Great Britain lost. Reflecting the benefits of the impressive scholarship of the past fifty years, the objective of the essays is not only to synthesize the disparate strands within earlier studies, but, through fresh research, to offer new insights into the outcome of this conflict. Virtually every facet is considered, from the leaders to the common soldiers, from land warfare to naval engagements, from the eastern theater to the western frontier fighting, from logistical considerations to political matters, and from domestic concerns to the international ramifications of the war.

This is the first collection published in the last twenty five years that focuses on the one paramount question: Why did the colonists win the War of Independence? It enriches our understanding not only of the complexities of the worldwide struggle that erupted in 1775, but of the many factors which led the diplomats in Paris in 1782-83 to recognize the reality of the American victory. This book will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of American history, U.S. military history, and the American Revolution.

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The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence

The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence

by John Ferling
The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence

The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence

by John Ferling

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The World Turbaned Upside Down is a collection of original essays dealing with various aspects of the American victory in the War of Independence. Each contributor, through examination of a particular topic, attempts to explain why the American colonists won the war, or why Great Britain lost. Reflecting the benefits of the impressive scholarship of the past fifty years, the objective of the essays is not only to synthesize the disparate strands within earlier studies, but, through fresh research, to offer new insights into the outcome of this conflict. Virtually every facet is considered, from the leaders to the common soldiers, from land warfare to naval engagements, from the eastern theater to the western frontier fighting, from logistical considerations to political matters, and from domestic concerns to the international ramifications of the war.

This is the first collection published in the last twenty five years that focuses on the one paramount question: Why did the colonists win the War of Independence? It enriches our understanding not only of the complexities of the worldwide struggle that erupted in 1775, but of the many factors which led the diplomats in Paris in 1782-83 to recognize the reality of the American victory. This book will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of American history, U.S. military history, and the American Revolution.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313255274
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/24/1988
Series: Contributions in Military Studies , #79
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

About The Author
JOHN FERLING, Professor of History at West Georgia College, is writing a biography of John Adams. He is the author of The Loyalist Mind (1977), A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early America (1981), and The First of Men: A Life of George Washington (1988).

Table of Contents

The Colonial Background to the American Victory by Fred Anderson
The Continental Army and the American Victory by James Kirby Martin
The American Soldier and the American Victory by Paul David Nelson
George Washington and the American Victory by John Ferling
Washington's Lieutenants and the American Victory by Hugh F. Rankin
Logistics and the American Victory by Mark Edward Lender
Frontier Warfare and the American Victory by James H. O'Donnell III
Politics and the American Victory by Jonathan G. Rossie
The French Alliance and the American Victory by W. J. Eccles
British Armed Forces and the American Victory by Sylvia R. Frey
Naval Warfare and the American Victory by Mary B. Wickwire

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