TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willis,Sam
TI  - The struggle for sea power: a naval history of the American Revolution 
SN  - 9780393239928 (hardcover)
AV  - 002 E 271 W735s 2016
U1  - 973.3 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Revolución, 1775-1783
KW  - Operaciones navales
N1  - 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
ER  -