02182cam a2200385 i 4500 109567 109567 BJBSDDR 20230411085931.0 ta 140127s2013 enkabc b 001 0 eng c 9781848858138 (pbk) 1848858132 (pbk) 18019973 (OCoLC)ocn828056293 BTCTA spa BTCTA eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 208 C767s 2013 973.3 23 Conway, Stephen, 1957- A short history of the American Revolutionary War / Stephen Conway. American Revolutionary War London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013. ix, 221 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. I.B.Tauris short histories Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-210) and index. The long road to Lexington -- The war for America -- The World War -- Civilians -- Endings and explanations -- Epilogue. "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. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. Estados Unidos Historia Revolución, 1775-1783 2796 History. fast I.B.Tauris short histories 9634 lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-11 0 002 E 208 C767s 2013 00000121313 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 BK