Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution

by T. Cole Jones

Book Overview

Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned, proliferated. Meanwhile, more than seventeen thousand British and allied soldiers fell into American hands during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512823686
• ISBN13: 9781512823684
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"