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A carregar... The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778por Stephen R. Taaffe
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. On the whole I found this to be a useful book, so that even if you can't say that Taaffe greatly advances the state of our knowledge of the Revolutionary War, he does provide an excellant summation of that knowledge in regards to the campaign in question. If nothing else, I think that Taaffe does a fine job of examining the interaction between the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war, while in the context of the logistical, geographic, and political obstacles Howe and Washington faced. I also come away from this book with the thought that Piers Mackesy's "The War for America" hasn't been superceded as the best strategic and operational study of the war, and after about forty-plus years you would have thought it would have been. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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American fortunes were at a low point in the winter of 1777-78. The British had beaten the Continental Army at Brandywine and Germantown, seized the colonial capital of Philadelphia, and driven Washington's soldiers into barren Valley Forge. But, as Stephen Taaffe reveals, the Philadelphia Campaign marked a turning point in the American Revolution despite these setbacks. Occurring in the middle of the war in the heart of the colonies, this key but overlooked campaign dwarfed all others in the war in terms of numbers of combatants involved, battles fought, and casualties sustained. For the first time, British and American armies engaged out in the open on relatively equal terms. Although the British won all the major battles, they were unable to crush the rebellion. Taaffe presents a new narrative history of this campaign that took place not only in the hills and woods surrounding Philadelphia, but also in east central New Jersey and along the Delaware River. He uses the campaign to analyze British and American strategies, evaluate Washington's leadership, and assess the role of subordinate officers such as Nathanael Greene and Anthony Wayne. He also offers new insights into eighteenth-century warfare and shows how Washington transcended traditional military thinking to fashion a strategy that accommodated American social, political, and economic realities. During this campaign Washington came into his own as a commander of colonial forces and an astute military strategist, and Taaffe demonstrates that Washington used the fighting around Philadelphia as a proving ground for strategies that he applied later in the war. Taaffe also scrutinizes Washington's relationship with the militia, whose failure to carry out its missions contributed to the general's problems. Still, by enduring their losses and continuing to fight, the Americans exacted a heavy toll on Britain's resources, helped to convince France to enter the war, and put the redcoats on the defensive. As Taaffe shows, far from being inconclusive, the Philadelphia Campaign contributed more to American victory than the colonists recognized at the time. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The author does a good job of moving the timeline forward while informing the reader of the broad strokes of three years of the war. Descriptions and brief back stories of the important people are paired with the key battles in which they participated or plans they made. This includes those in Parliament. Although the descriptions of the battles are brief, there are many included, which gives a comprehensive summary of the many events from 1776 to 1778. All of this taken together makes for an excellent guide to the campaign centered on the British occupation of Philadelphia. ( )