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The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment

The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment

A Reassessment

by John D Grainger
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/07/2005

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An accessible and authoritative account of the battle of Yorktown (1781), the last major battle in the American War of Independence, where an outnumbered British Army surrendered to American forces under George Washington and their French allies.

Yorktown [1781], where a British Army, commanded by Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to the American forces under George Washington and their French allies, has generally been considered one of the decisive battles of the American Warof Independence. This accessible and authoritative account of the battle and the wider campaign goes back to original source material [diaries, letters, speeches, and newspapers], offering both a narrative of the events themselves, and an analysis of how the defeat came about and why it came to be seen as crucial. It shows that the battle was really a siege, that it involved relatively few numbers, and relatively little fighting, and was not immediately seen as decisive, with the war continuing for a further two years. It sets the battle and campaign in the wider context of a war which included action in the West Indies, Europe, Africa, Asia, and at sea; shows how movements of theFrench and British navies were a crucial factor; and, overall, reassesses the causes and significance of the battle.

JOHN D. GRAINGER, a former school-teacher, is the author of numerous books on military history, rangingfrom the Roman period to the twentieth century.
ISBN:
9781843831372
9781843831372
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-07-2005
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
214
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x18mm
Weight:
0.48kg

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