Pearson michae (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 446, [2] pages. DJ is worn, torn, soiled/stained and chipped. Top of a few pages stained/soiled. Pencil erasure residue on page 56. Includes twelve maps (contemporary), and 7 black and white illustrations. Foreword, Notes, Bibliography, Index, and Illustrations. Using firsthand journals, letters from British officers in the field, reports from governors in the colonies, and documents in the Public Record Office in London, Pearson provides a "contemporary" report of the Revolution. Seen from this perspective, some of the major events of the war are given startling interpretations. Pearson not only examines the military side of the Revolution in detail, but traces the reactions to the ebb and flow of war in the courts and capitals of Europe. He describes the abrupt swings from euphoria to despair in London, outlines the policy of the French, explains the use of Hessian soldiers in George III's army, and tells how Catherine the Great in far-off St. Petersburg figured in British calculations. A brilliant re-creation of the American Revolution--exclusively from the British point view--that gives a different picture of the birth of a nation. Those readers who are not historians may not fully appreciate the fact that by the second half of the eighteenth century the British had an established military, naval and colonial government organization. It was under great pressure, for the Empire had outgrown it; certainly it had never attempted to conduct overseas operations on the scale deployed in America from 1776. Derived from a Kirkus review: This study reconstructs the British view of the War of Independence in two ways: as factual narrative, it concentrates on British military actions, deliberations, and personnel; as interpretation it relays British attitudes, such as contempt for Sam Adams as a self-seeking rabblerouser. Pearson tunes in on the war as viewed in England, too, principally in the councils of state, and reproduces speeches by the Whig opposition to the war, indications of the City merchants' vigorous dissent, and maneuvers by the King and his advisors to either pacify or shout them down. George is depicted as a very sane and indeed an able administrator. Pearson hints at contemporary parallels: Burke and Fox pleading in Parliament that the war is unwinnable since the colonists' hearts and minds have been alienated, the graft and supply problems of the counterinsurgent army, and so forth. Both specialists and general readers will enjoy this book. Using firsthand accountsjournals, letters from British officers in the field, reports from colonial governors in the coloniesMichael Pearson has provided a contemporary report of the Revolution as the British witnessed it. Seen from this perspective, some of the major events of the war are given startling interpretations: For example, the British considered their defeat at Bunker Hill nothing more than a minor setback, especially in light of their capture of New York and Philadelphia. Only at the very end of the conflict did they realize that the Yankees had lost the battles but won the war. From the Boston Tea Party to that day in 1785 when the first U.S. ambassador presented his credentials to a grudging George III, here is the full account of "those damned rebels" who somehow managed to found a new nation.…

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