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Hallahan, William H. ; The Day the Revolution Ended: 19 October 1781
Wiley 2003 0471262404 / 9780471262404 Hardcover Fine Fine Hardcover
New. Fine in publisher's boards in like dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.This fluent history actually covers the whole final year of the American Revolution, which began with the American cause facing disastrous shortages of men, money, munitions and morale. Hallahan, an Edgar Award-winning novelist, tells the story of the Americans' recovery and triumph with admirable clarity, fashioning his facts into an enjoyable narrative. He sketches the personalities of the leading players-George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis, the Marquis de Lafayette, Sir Henry Clinton-with the sureness of an accomplished mystery writer. And he provides fresh portraits of lesser-known characters like Sergeant Major John Champe, whom Washington sent on a covert operation to kidnap Arnold. The author also does a fine job of providing accessible accounts of the armies' often convoluted military strategies, showing how the British alliance with Southern loyalists unraveled and how the American alliance with France finally paid off in money, supplies, reinforcements and a French fleet that drove off the British ships. Hallahan (The Day the American Revolution Began) relies heavily on secondary sources, so aficionados of the period won't find many new facts in this volume. However, the book's engaging style makes it an excellent choice for fans of popular history. Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ... In hindsight, the American and French victory in the Battle of Yorktown seems the result of a brilliant strategy that--rare in eighteenth-century warfare--united forces separated at the start by hundreds and thousands of miles. This convinced the British to throw in the towel on the War of Independence. According to Hallahan, however, the outcome of the Yorktown campaign of 1781 was far from certain. He factors in the vacillations of British commander Henry Clinton, the luck of French admiral de Grasse in eluding British fleets, and the failure of General Cornwallis to subjugate the Carolinas. For their part, Generals Washington and Rochambeau did almost everything right, deceiving Clinton into thinking they intended to attack his New York base, which freed their troops to leg it to Virginia where Cornwallis was sitting, waiting for Clinton. It's virtually impossible to bring new insight to a campaign as famous as Yorktown, yet Hallahan ably synthesizes the sources into unfolding battlefield action. For larger military-history collections. Gilbert Taylor Copyright ® American Library Association. All rights reserved
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