War for Independence: A Military History

by Howard Henry Peckham and Howard H. Peckham

Book Overview

The American victory in the Revolutionary War came as a surprise to people all over the world. Believing that successful wars were fought by professionals and aristocrats, they could not understand how ragged and hungry troops of ill-assorted civilians were able to defeat one of the world's strongest professional armies. This book is an effort to explain how and why that upset was accomplished. Alternating with scene and summary, the narrative has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226653161
• ISBN13: 9780226653167
• Release Date: March 1958
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"