Braddock's Defeat The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
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2015
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9780199845323
Publisert
2015
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Oxford University Press Inc
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844 gr
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241 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
32 mm
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UU, UP, 05
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David L. Preson is the Westvaco Professor of National Security Studies at the Citadel. He is the author of The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.Braddock's Defeat The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
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2015
/ Engelsk
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2015
/ Engelsk
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Having uncovered extensive new primary materials about the campaign, Prof. Preston (The Citadel) gives us what is certainly the most comprehensive and insightful treatment of the British disaster in the wilds of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1755... This is a major contribution to the history of colonial wars in North America.
NYMAS Review
This is military history at its best, deeply embedded in the political, social, and cultural contexts that give it shape and meaning.
Eric Hinderaker, American Historical Review
a valuable contribution to the North American history of the Seven Years' War, the evolving interpretation of the eighteenth-century British Army, and the clash of cultures in the Atlantic world of that era.
R. Paul Goodman, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces. The Battle of the Monongahela altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, greatly escalating the war and inexorably defining its military and political character. The Monongahela was an unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, and as David Preston shows in this gripping new account, no other battle before 1775 had such a searing effect on the colonial British world.
The culmination of a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock's Defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history, ranking with the destruction of Varus's legions in the Teutoburg Forest, Noche Triste, St. Clair's Defeat, and the Little Bighorn as examples of imperial forces falling to indigenous foes. While the defeat is often said to have been caused by blundering and arrogance on the part of Braddock, Preston argues that this myth has depreciated the victory that Indian and French forces won by their superior discipline, tactical decisions, and leadership. The French Canadian officer Captain Beaujeu had greater tactical skill, better reconnaissance, and a battle plan that he effectively coordinated with Indian allies who brilliantly executed it, Preston shows. The Indians were the most effective and disciplined troops on the field on that decisive July day, especially in comparison to Braddock's poorly trained, amalgamated, and ultimately undisciplined Regulars.
Reframing our understanding of the superiority of the French and Indian alliance, Preston also explores the long shadow cast by Braddock's Defeat over the 18th century and the American Revolution. The campaign had been an awakening to empire for many British Americans, spawning a sustained discourse on American identity and anticipating many of the empire's political and social divisions that became wider and deeper by the outbreak of the Revolution. It was the defining generational experience for many of British and American officers, including George Washington, Thomas Gage, and Horatio Gates, who carried their veteran experiences from the Seven Years' War forward into American Revolution.
Rooted in extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain and presenting an abundance of new evidence, Braddock's Defeat presents the fullest account yet of this defining moment in early American history.
Les mer
An account of the July 1755 defeat of British troops to French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela, testing ground for the American Revolution.
Introduction: The Myth and History of Braddock's Defeat ; 1: Paths to the Monongahela ; 2: Braddock Americanus ; 3: Confrontations ; 4: Beaujeu's Convoy ; 5: Braddock's March ; 6: Braddock's Defeat ; 7: Consequences ; Epilogue: Revolutionary Echoes
Les mer
"Having uncovered extensive new primary materials about the campaign, Prof. Preston (The Citadel) gives us what is certainly the most comprehensive and insightful treatment of the British disaster in the wilds of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1755... This is a major contribution to the history of colonial wars in North America." --NYMAS Review
"[A] thoroughly researched, well-written piece of historical scholarship....Historians will appreciate the level of research and the finely crafted narrative. Military service members will find a range of topics relevant to twenty-first century operations. Some areas of interest include: coalition building, civil-military relations, campaign planning, employment of and relationships with indigenous people, leadership, and using lessons learned to modify
strategy."--Shane Reilly, H-War
"Unsurprisingly, given its dramatic narrative, this ill-fated campaign has attracted the attention of many fine historians, yet none of them has explored it so thoughtfully and compellingly as David Preston. His "Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution" is distinguished not simply by his refusal to accept traditional interpretations but by his readiness to consider the perspectives of all the protagonists: British, colonial
American, French-Canadian and, not least, Indian."--Stephen Brumwell, The Wall Street Journal
"A vivid, sweeping account of a battle with singular impact on American history. The brilliant scholarship behind Braddock's Defeat is exceeded only by David L. Preston's storytelling verve." -Rick Atkinson, author of THE LIBERATION TRILOGY
"Preston has investigated this important, though somewhat obscure, event in American history and penned an absorbing account rich in details, logical in its conclusions and written with great narrative drive. This is definitely in the "Good Read" category."--The Post and Courier
"With impressive research, new evidence, and close attention to terrain as well as to tactics, David Preston dismantles old stereotypes and provides a fuller understanding of the British, French, and Indian participants in the conflict. A compelling account that will surely become the definitive study of this pivotal battle."--Colin G. Calloway, John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, author of
The Victory with No Name
"This compelling and meticulous book revisits the opening shots of a war that would not end until French defeat at Waterloo, and a war that also planted the seeds of American revolution. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT is an invaluable addition to any library of military history."--Bernard Cornwell, author of WATERLOO: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
"David Preston has offered what will probably be the final word on one of the most important battles in North American history. This engaging, thorough book debunks timeworn myths about Edward Braddock and his soldiers while affording their French and American Indian foes long overdue attention and credit for what was their victory more than "Braddock's Defeat." A vital contribution and singular scholarly achievement."--John W. Hall, Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair in
U.S. Military History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Les mer
Selling point: Focuses on a unique set of characters--including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin--who cast particularly long shadows over the late 18th century
Selling point: Presents the fullest account of French and Indian perspectives of the campaign
Selling point: Offers an abundance of new evidence on Braddock's Expedition, including three new manuscript discoveries
Selling point: Aided by extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain
Selling point: Great battle history
Les mer
David L. Preston is the Westvaco Professor of National Security Studies at the Citadel. He is the author of The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.
Les mer
Selling point: Focuses on a unique set of characters--including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin--who cast particularly long shadows over the late 18th century
Selling point: Presents the fullest account of French and Indian perspectives of the campaign
Selling point: Offers an abundance of new evidence on Braddock's Expedition, including three new manuscript discoveries
Selling point: Aided by extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain
Selling point: Great battle history
Les mer
Having uncovered extensive new primary materials about the campaign, Prof. Preston (The Citadel) gives us what is certainly the most comprehensive and insightful treatment of the British disaster in the wilds of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1755... This is a major contribution to the history of colonial wars in North America.
NYMAS Review
This is military history at its best, deeply embedded in the political, social, and cultural contexts that give it shape and meaning.
Eric Hinderaker, American Historical Review
a valuable contribution to the North American history of the Seven Years' War, the evolving interpretation of the eighteenth-century British Army, and the clash of cultures in the Atlantic world of that era.
R. Paul Goodman, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces. The Battle of the Monongahela altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, greatly escalating the war and inexorably defining its military and political character. The Monongahela was an unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, and as David Preston shows in this gripping new account, no other battle before 1775 had such a searing effect on the colonial British world.
The culmination of a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock's Defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history, ranking with the destruction of Varus's legions in the Teutoburg Forest, Noche Triste, St. Clair's Defeat, and the Little Bighorn as examples of imperial forces falling to indigenous foes. While the defeat is often said to have been caused by blundering and arrogance on the part of Braddock, Preston argues that this myth has depreciated the victory that Indian and French forces won by their superior discipline, tactical decisions, and leadership. The French Canadian officer Captain Beaujeu had greater tactical skill, better reconnaissance, and a battle plan that he effectively coordinated with Indian allies who brilliantly executed it, Preston shows. The Indians were the most effective and disciplined troops on the field on that decisive July day, especially in comparison to Braddock's poorly trained, amalgamated, and ultimately undisciplined Regulars.
Reframing our understanding of the superiority of the French and Indian alliance, Preston also explores the long shadow cast by Braddock's Defeat over the 18th century and the American Revolution. The campaign had been an awakening to empire for many British Americans, spawning a sustained discourse on American identity and anticipating many of the empire's political and social divisions that became wider and deeper by the outbreak of the Revolution. It was the defining generational experience for many of British and American officers, including George Washington, Thomas Gage, and Horatio Gates, who carried their veteran experiences from the Seven Years' War forward into American Revolution.
Rooted in extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain and presenting an abundance of new evidence, Braddock's Defeat presents the fullest account yet of this defining moment in early American history.
Les mer
An account of the July 1755 defeat of British troops to French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela, testing ground for the American Revolution.
Introduction: The Myth and History of Braddock's Defeat ; 1: Paths to the Monongahela ; 2: Braddock Americanus ; 3: Confrontations ; 4: Beaujeu's Convoy ; 5: Braddock's March ; 6: Braddock's Defeat ; 7: Consequences ; Epilogue: Revolutionary Echoes
Les mer
"Having uncovered extensive new primary materials about the campaign, Prof. Preston (The Citadel) gives us what is certainly the most comprehensive and insightful treatment of the British disaster in the wilds of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1755... This is a major contribution to the history of colonial wars in North America." --NYMAS Review
"[A] thoroughly researched, well-written piece of historical scholarship....Historians will appreciate the level of research and the finely crafted narrative. Military service members will find a range of topics relevant to twenty-first century operations. Some areas of interest include: coalition building, civil-military relations, campaign planning, employment of and relationships with indigenous people, leadership, and using lessons learned to modify
strategy."--Shane Reilly, H-War
"Unsurprisingly, given its dramatic narrative, this ill-fated campaign has attracted the attention of many fine historians, yet none of them has explored it so thoughtfully and compellingly as David Preston. His "Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution" is distinguished not simply by his refusal to accept traditional interpretations but by his readiness to consider the perspectives of all the protagonists: British, colonial
American, French-Canadian and, not least, Indian."--Stephen Brumwell, The Wall Street Journal
"A vivid, sweeping account of a battle with singular impact on American history. The brilliant scholarship behind Braddock's Defeat is exceeded only by David L. Preston's storytelling verve." -Rick Atkinson, author of THE LIBERATION TRILOGY
"Preston has investigated this important, though somewhat obscure, event in American history and penned an absorbing account rich in details, logical in its conclusions and written with great narrative drive. This is definitely in the "Good Read" category."--The Post and Courier
"With impressive research, new evidence, and close attention to terrain as well as to tactics, David Preston dismantles old stereotypes and provides a fuller understanding of the British, French, and Indian participants in the conflict. A compelling account that will surely become the definitive study of this pivotal battle."--Colin G. Calloway, John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, author of
The Victory with No Name
"This compelling and meticulous book revisits the opening shots of a war that would not end until French defeat at Waterloo, and a war that also planted the seeds of American revolution. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT is an invaluable addition to any library of military history."--Bernard Cornwell, author of WATERLOO: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
"David Preston has offered what will probably be the final word on one of the most important battles in North American history. This engaging, thorough book debunks timeworn myths about Edward Braddock and his soldiers while affording their French and American Indian foes long overdue attention and credit for what was their victory more than "Braddock's Defeat." A vital contribution and singular scholarly achievement."--John W. Hall, Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair in
U.S. Military History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Les mer
Selling point: Focuses on a unique set of characters--including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin--who cast particularly long shadows over the late 18th century
Selling point: Presents the fullest account of French and Indian perspectives of the campaign
Selling point: Offers an abundance of new evidence on Braddock's Expedition, including three new manuscript discoveries
Selling point: Aided by extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain
Selling point: Great battle history
Les mer
David L. Preston is the Westvaco Professor of National Security Studies at the Citadel. He is the author of The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.
Les mer
Selling point: Focuses on a unique set of characters--including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin--who cast particularly long shadows over the late 18th century
Selling point: Presents the fullest account of French and Indian perspectives of the campaign
Selling point: Offers an abundance of new evidence on Braddock's Expedition, including three new manuscript discoveries
Selling point: Aided by extensive fieldwork on the campaign's geography and terrain
Selling point: Great battle history
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199845323
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
844 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
32 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
482
Forfatter