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005			20240726104659.0
008			130618s2013 ctuab ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780300195248 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
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050	0	4	_aE267 _b.M469 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aO'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe men who lost America _bBritish leadership, the American Revolution, and the fate of the empire / _cAndrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 466 pages) _billustrations, maps.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	0		_aLewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
520	0		_a"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 intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 _xParticipation, British.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=592050&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell