TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tonsetic,Robert
TI  - 1781: the decisive year of the Revolutionary War 
SN  - 9781612000787
AV  - E237 .T66 2011eb
U1  - 973.3/3 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Havertown, Pa., Newbury
PB  - Casemate
KW  - Command of troops
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Commandement des troupes
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Military campaigns
KW  - fast
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - 1775-1783 (Révolution)
KW  - Campagnes et batailles
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue; PART I: A WINTER'S TALE; Chapter 1: The Darkest New Year; Chapter 2: Disorder, Fear and Mutiny; Chapter 3: Hills of the South Country; Chapter Four: Hell in Virginia; Chapter 5: Sunrise at the Cowpens; Chapter 6: The Race to the Dan; Chapter 7: We Fight, Get Beat, and Fight Again; PART II: NO SPRING NOr SUMMER REST; Chapter 8: Everything Has Changed; Chapter 9: The Lion Sleeps at Yorktown; Chapter 10: We Have Pursued Them to the Eutaws; PART III: THE GUNS OF AUTUMN; Chapter 11: THe Siege of Yorktown; Chapter 12: Capitulation; Chapter 13: Aftermath; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography
N2  - The Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War, but it was the pivotal campaigns and battles of 1781 that decided the final outcome. 1781 was one of those rare years in American history when the future of the nation hung by a thread, and only the fortitude, determination, and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured its survival. By 1781, America had been at war with the world?s strongest empire for six years with no end in sight. British troops occupied key coastal cities, from New York to Savannah, and the Royal Navy prowled the waters off the American coast
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