| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Campaigns and commanders; volume 72 |
| Contents |
Introduction: "All the Views and Designs of a General in the Choice of His Camps" -- "Not Better than a Single Clapboard, or Shingle" -- "No Tents, and No Houses to Lodge In!": 1775-1776 -- "Fit for Some Important Purpose": 1776-1777 -- "It Looks in Camp like Some Grand City": 1777-1778 -- "Much Improved in City Building": 1778-1779 -- "The Doctrine of Huttification": 1779-1780 -- "No Longer Reason to Complain of Our Accommodations": 1780-1783 -- Conclusion: "Something New in the Art of War" |
| Summary |
Documenting the growth of Washington and his subordinates as military administrators, Surviving the Winters offers a telling new perspective on the commander's generalship during the Revolutionary War. At the same time, the book demonstrates that these winter encampments stand alongside more famous battlefields as sites where American independence was won |
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Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast |
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United States. Continental Army -- Barracks and quarters -- History -- 18th century
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United States. Continental Army fast |
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Soldiers -- Billeting -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Armed Forces -- Barracks and quarters
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Soldiers -- Billeting
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131
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United States -- History, Military -- 18th century
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780806169965 |
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0806169966 |
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