01970cam a2200337 i 4500 127161 20230404125808.0 151120r20162015nyuabf b 001 0 eng 18867120 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2015035018 9780393239928 (hardcover) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- 002 E 271 W735s 2016 973.3 23 Willis, Sam, author. The struggle for sea power : a naval history of the American Revolution / Sam Willis. First American edition. New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016 xxxiv, 572 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-544) and index. Part I. American Revolution, 1773-1775 -- British pyre -- American origins -- European gunpowder -- Canadian invasion -- Colonial sea power -- British evacuation -- Part II. Civil war, 1776-1777 -- British attack -- Freshwater fleets -- American riposte -- British surrender -- American sea power -- Part III. World war, 1778-1780 -- Bourbon alliance -- French firepower -- British survival -- Caribbean Sea -- Indian empire -- Spanish patience -- Bourbon invasion -- British resourcefulness -- Caribbean crisis -- French incompetence -- American destruction -- British dominance -- Allied recommitment -- Spanish skill -- Russian meddling -- Part IV. American independence, 1781 -- Dutch disaster -- British obsession -- French escapes -- Allied success -- Epilogue. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Naval operations. Estados Unidos Historia Revolución, 1775-1783 Operaciones navales. 4874 4874 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 271 W735s 2016 00000114582 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk