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1 online resource (545 p.) |
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Pivotal Moments in American History Ser |
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Pivotal Moments in American History Ser
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Cover -- Series -- The Compleat Victory -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Editors' Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fatal Ambition -- Chapter 1: Opening Moves -- Chapter 2: The First Invasion -- Chapter 3: A New British Strategy -- Chapter 4: A Question of American Command -- Chapter 5: Laying the Groundwork -- Chapter 6: The Fall of Fort Ticonderoga -- Chapter 7: Defeat, Retreat, Disgrace -- Chapter 8: Aftershocks -- Chapter 9: Burgoyne Moves South -- Chapter 10: The Ordeal of Philip Schuyler -- Chapter 11: The Murder of Jane McCrea |
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Chapter 12: Not to Make a Ticonderoga of It -- Chapter 13: Oriskany and Relief -- Chapter 14: Cat and Mouse -- Chapter 15: Burgoyne's Dilemma -- Chapter 16: The Battle of Bennington -- Chapter 17: Gates Takes Command -- Chapter 18: The Battle of Freeman's Farm -- Chapter 19: Sir Henry Clinton to the Rescue -- Chapter 20: The Battle of Bemis Heights -- Chapter 21: Retreat, Pursuit, and Surrender -- Chapter 22: British Strategic Reassessment -- Chapter 23: The Fruits of Victory -- Conclusion: Men and Measures -- Appendix A: What Became of Them? |
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Appendix B: Chronology of the Saratoga Campaign, 1776-1778 -- Appendix C: Key British Letters/​Orders/​Meetings, 1776-1777 -- Appendix D: Orders of Battle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Seldom in history has a single military campaign had such immediate and far-ranging consequences as the series of battles and skirmishes known as ""Saratoga."" In the spring of 1777, determined to end the fighting once and for all, the British devised what they believed a war-winning strategy. By early fall, their entire northern army had surrendered. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most thorough account to date, showing how an operation that begin with such promise for the British turned to disaster, and why the underestimated American forces triumphed so decisively. Saratoga was a turning point i |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777.
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Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777.
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Military campaigns
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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New York (State)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199715992 |
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0199715998 |
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