02096cam a2200349 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002400069020002100093035001300114035002400127040002200151041000800173042000800181043001200189050002600201082001400227100002900241245007300270246003100343264004600374300006200420490003100482504006700513505012500580520088400705651005101589651005601640655001901696830003101715BJBSDDR20230411085931.0ta140127s2013    enkabc   b    001 0 eng c  a9781848858138 (pbk)  a1848858132 (pbk)  a18019973  a(OCoLC)ocn828056293  aBTCTAbspacBTCTA  aeng  apcc  an-us---14a002 E 208bC767s 201300a973.32231 aConway, Stephen, d1957-12aA short history of the American Revolutionary War /cStephen Conway.30aAmerican Revolutionary War 1aLondon ;aNew York :bI.B. Tauris,c2013.  aix, 221 pages :billustrations, maps, portraits ;c23 cm.1 aI.B.Tauris short histories  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-210) and index.0 aThe long road to Lexington -- The war for America -- The World War -- Civilians -- Endings and explanations -- Epilogue.  a"Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare."--Publisher's website. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyRevolution, 1775-1783. 0aEstados Unidos xHistoriayRevolución, 1775-1783  7aHistory.2fast  aI.B.Tauris short histories