Losing America, Securing an Empire : The Rise of British Global Power in the Late 18th Century

Boone, Daniel H.

McFarland & Co Inc（2022/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 255 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476681726
• DDC分類 941.07

Full Description

The American Revolution is seen as a colossal defeat of the powerful British Empire by colonial rebels. Yet the British emerged from the conflict in better shape than the newly independent United States. After the revolution became a global conflict with the entry of France, Spain and later the Netherlands on the American side, Britain's desire to maintain prestige in Europe through dominance of her many colonies--particularly the West Indies and India--was the driving force behind British strategy. Military victories late in the war, along with retention of the rest of the empire, allowed Britain to remain a significant power. This history explores the view that Great Britain did not really "lose" the Revolutionary War.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. The Wars for Empire, 1689-1748

Chapter II. The Seven Years' War and the Economic Aftermath, 1754-1770

Chapter III. The American Colonial Situation at the War's Onset, 1770-1775

Chapter IV. Canada, India, and the West Indies at the War's Onset, 1770-1775

Chapter V. War in the Colonies, 1775-1778

Chapter VI. Global War, 1778-1780

Chapter VII. British Successes, British Failures, 1781-1782

Chapter VIII. The War's Conclusion, Late 1781-1783

Chapter IX. Aftermath of the American Revolution

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index