Revolution on the Hudson: New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence Contributor(s): Daughan, George C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393354148 ISBN-13: 9780393354140 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | Military - United States - History | Military - Naval |
Dewey: 974.73 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" L (0.70 lbs) 448 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
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Publisher Description: No part of the country was more contested during the American Revolution than New York City and its surroundings. Military leaders of the time--and generations of scholars since--believed that the Hudson River Valley was America's geographic jugular, which, if cut, would quickly bleed the rebellion to death. In Revolution on the Hudson, prize-winning historian George C. Daughan makes the daring new argument that this strategy would never have worked, and that dogged pursuit of dominance over the Hudson ultimately cost Britain the war. This groundbreaking naval history offers a thrilling response to one of our most vexing historical questions: How could a fledgling nation have defeated the most powerful war machine of the era? |
Contributor Bio(s): Daughan, George C.: - George C. Daughan holds a PhD from Harvard University, where he studied under Henry Kissinger. One of his previous books, If By Sea, won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, and he has been honored with the Samuel Eliot Morison Award from the USS Constitution Museum for his work as a naval scholar. He lives in New Hampshire. |
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