1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga

by Dean Snow

Book Overview

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019090061X
• ISBN13: 9780190900618
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"