Die Männer, die Amerika verloren: Britische Führung, die amerikanische Revolution und die...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300191073
ISBN-13
9780300191073
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143706378
Product Key Features
Book Title
Men Who Lost America : British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / Napoleonic Wars, World / European, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
37.7 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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"Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Men Who Lost America is a great achievement. It will provide any interested reader with a delightfully user-friendly way of understanding how and why the British lost the revolutionary war."-Pauline Maier, author of Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, "Deeply researched, carefully argued, and clearly written, The Men Who Lost America cuts through the thick crust of romantic myths to cast the American Revolution in a refreshing new light. Blessed with an impartial, open mind, Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy reveals the talents as well as the human foibles of a rich cast of intriguing characters including America's last king. In the end, O'Shaughnessy gives the American revolutionaries exactly what their story has so long needed: worthy adversaries who fought hard and well."--Alan Taylor, author of The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies, "[An] engaging study. . . based on an extensive reading of the vast literature and of many original sources."-Brendan Simms, The Wall Street Journal, Winner of the 2014 Cincinnati History Prize sponsored by the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey., Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McGill University. From this list three finalists will be announced in mid-October, the winner will be announced on November 20. The winner receives $75,000 and each finalist receives $10,000., "Deeply researched, carefully argued, and clearly written, The Men Who Lost America cuts through the thick crust of romantic myths to cast the American Revolution in a refreshing new light. Blessed with an impartial, open mind, Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy reveals the talents as well as the human foibles of a rich cast of intriguing characters including America's last king. In the end, O'Shaughnessy gives the American revolutionaries exactly what their story has so long needed: worthy adversaries who fought hard and well."-Alan Taylor, author of The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies, "Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy has written a remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world. This is a great book."--Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, "Much of [the book's] value lies in the sheer volume of engaging material it brings together and in the originality of its organization and approach to a much studied question, namely why Britain lost the War of the American Revolution. . . . A treasure-trove of information on the British operation of the War."-Richard Johnson, University of Washington , Winner of the 2015 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Excellence in American History Book Award, "[A] superb new study . . . the work of an historian in thorough command of his sources who writes with admirable grace and acuity. Since this is only his second book, we can all look forward to many more good things from Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy."--Edward Short, The Weekly Standard, "Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Men Who Lost America is a great achievement. It will provide any interested reader with a delightfully user-friendly way of understanding how and why the British lost the revolutionary war."--Pauline Maier, author of Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, Received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE), in the U.S. History category., "Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy has written a remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world. This is a great book."-Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, "Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy brings the human experience of the Revolutionary era to life in these graceful sketches of ten British political and military leaders. To see the period from the perspective of the able, earnest men who struggled to hold the British Empire together is to understand the origins of the United States in ways that Americans have seldom tried to imagine them. It's about time we did, and there's no better place to start than with this book."--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder , "Much of [the book's] value lies in the sheer volume of engaging material it brings together and in the originality of its organization and approach to a much studied question, namely why Britain lost the War of the American Revolution. . . . A treasure-trove of information on the British operation of the War."--Richard Johnson, University of Washington , "Scrupulously researched and superbly written, these humanizing portraits of conventional cardboard figures from American history offer, like all great history, lessons for today: military might does not guarantee political success; do not try to govern that which you do not own; and resist empire's temptations."-Gary Hart, United States Senator (Ret.), "Scrupulously researched and superbly written, these humanizing portraits of conventional cardboard figures from American history offer, like all great history, lessons for today: military might does not guarantee political success; do not try to govern that which you do not own; and resist empire's temptations."--Gary Hart, United States Senator (Ret.), "Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy brings the human experience of the Revolutionary era to life in these graceful sketches of ten British political and military leaders. To see the period from the perspective of the able, earnest men who struggled to hold the British Empire together is to understand the origins of the United States in ways that Americans have seldom tried to imagine them. It's about time we did, and there's no better place to start than with this book."-Fred Anderson, University of Colorado, Boulder , Winner of the 2014 George Washington Book Prize sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington's Mount Vernon, the prize recognizes the year's best books on the nation's founding era, especially those that have the potential to advance broad public understanding of American history., Winner of the 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival in the Regional Literature category, given by JM Northern Media LLC
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Dewey Decimal
973.32
Synopsis
The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire., A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort, The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory.In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire."
LC Classification Number
E267.O75 2013
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