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The war that made America : a short history of the French and Indian War
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- Creator
- Fred Anderson ; illustrations chosen and captioned by R. Scott Stephenson
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Viking, 2005
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780670034543, 0670034541
- OCLC
- ocm60671897
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-275) and index.
- Prologue : New York, July 1776 -- 1. A delicate balance -- 2. The half king's dilemma -- 3. Confrontation on the Ohio -- 4. "Thou art not yet dead, my father" -- 5. Intervention -- 6. Braddock's march -- 7. A lake defended, a province purged -- 8. La Guerre Sauvage -- 9. The European war begins -- 10. The making of a "massacre" -- 11. The ascent of William Pitt -- 12. The Red Cross of Carillon -- 13. Louisbourg -- 14. Colonel Bradstreet's coup -- 15. Makers of war, makers of peace -- 16. General Forbes's last campaign -- 17. Reckonings -- 18. A shift in the balance -- 19. Incident at La Belle Famille -- 20. General Amherst hesitates -- 21. The plains of Abraham -- 22. "A mighty empire" -- 23. The Spanish gambit -- 24. Peace -- 25. Insurrection -- 26. Crisis and resolution -- 27. A patriot's progress -- Epilogue : legacies