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A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independence

Door Robert Harvey

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#328478-ZA4
Titel	A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independence
Auteur	Harvey, Robert
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Constable & Robinson
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	1841199524
ISBN13	9781841199528
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The War of Independence was one of the founding events of today's world, but it has been simplified into a myth of liberty against oppression, right against wrong. A recent Hollywood film "The Patriot", even borrowed atrocities from the Nazis and ascribed them to British redcoats.;In reality London was simply too distant to rule with a heavy hand. The Boston Tea Party notwithstanding, taxes were only an excuse for protest - they were routinely avoided. What angered settlers more was the law that stopped them seizing Indian land. Love of liberty ran deep, but economics and demography were the driving forces of revolution - and it challenged not just Britain but American's own social order. Far from being united in patriotism, American in 1776 was violently divided over independenc... (Lees verder)e. Conversely, many in Britain favoured it, especially in preference to bloodshed.;The war was marred by incompetence and bad faith on both sides. It was also close. Before Yorktown, the rebel generals thought they were losing. But they knew they could not be defeated in the long run, as much as 200 years later in a war of striking similarities, the Vietnamese knew the same. After the fighting, about eight per cent of Americans left the country. Following four years of misrule the Constitutional Convention imposed its own conservative counter-revolution, and from cunning, idealism and courage emerged the most powerful nation the world has yet seen.
Pagina's	605
Conditie	Als nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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