The Men Who Lost America
British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in EighteenthCentury Culture and History)
by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
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appears in Revolutions, History, and Nonfiction.
A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they This...
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appears in Revolutions, History, and Nonfiction.
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