Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach

by Stoker; Donald

• ISBN13: 9780415367349
• ISBN10: 0415367344
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This new book examines the strategies pursued by the American Colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland, and the League of Armed Neutrality, placing the War for Independence in its proper global context. It shows how many do not realize the extent to which the 1775 colonial rebellion against British rule escalated into a global conflict. Collectively, this volume examines the strategies pursued by the American Colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland, and the League of Armed Neutrality, placing the military, naval, and diplomatic elements of the struggle in their proper global context. Moreover, examining how each nation prosecuted their respective wars provides lessons for current students of strategic studies and military and naval history. The strategies of the participants are clearly presented in articles that have become standards for students of the conflict, as well as new essays written specifically for this volume.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
About the editors	p. xii
List of contributors	p. xiv
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Colonial military strategy	p. 5
The birth of American naval strategy	p. 35
British military strategy	p. 58
British naval strategy: war on a global scale	p. 73
The King's Friends: Loyalists in British strategy	p. 100
Ambivalent allies: strategy and the Native Americans	p. 120
French strategy and the American Revolution: a reappraisal	p. 141
Spanish policy and strategy	p. 163
Dutch maritime strategy	p. 176
The League of Armed Neutrality, 1780-83	p. 202
Select bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 237
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