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050	1	4	_a002 E 271 _bW735s 2016
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100	1		_aWillis, Sam, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe struggle for sea power : _ba naval history of the American Revolution / _cSam Willis.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York ; _aLondon : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2016
300			_axxxiv, 572 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 523-544) and index.
505	0		_aPart 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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xNaval operations.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _yRevolución, 1775-1783 _xOperaciones navales.
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