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Triumph of freedom, 1775-1783.
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- Creator
- With maps by Van H. English
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [First edition]
- Boston : Little, Brown, 1948
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 718 pages : maps. ; 25 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00425608
- "An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
- Bibliography: pages [689]-705.
- A house divided -- The leaders -- The volcano erupts -- The loyalists -- The siege of Boston -- Canadian adventure -- Supply -- The battle of Long Island -- The American crisis -- Trenton -- Propaganda -- The turning point -- Valley Forge -- The Conway cabal -- The French alliance -- First fruits of the alliance -- Radicals and conservatives: The ideological conflict -- The Deane-Lee affair -- Spanish mediation -- The campaigns of 1779 -- Crisis in England -- Inflation and its consequences -- Continental Army -- The revolution falters -- The exploits of Lord Cornwallis -- The diplomatic front -- Prelude to victory -- Yorktown -- The peace settlement -- The problems of peace