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Jonathan R Dull
an exploration of key turning points leading up to, during, and following the Revolutionary War that altered the trajectory of history
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Jonathan R. Dull
For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called ships of the line dominated war at sea and were thus instrumental in the European struggle for power. Foremost among the…
Originally published by the Princeton University Press, 1975.
For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually annihilated during the War of Independence and was mostly trapped…
The inventor, the ladies’ man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance…
For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called ships of the line dominated war at sea and were instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of…
The Seven Years’ War was the world’s first global conflict, spanning five continents and the critical sea lanes that connected them. Winner of the 2005 France-Ameriques Prize, this book is…
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This book focuses on the gradual deterioration of the British-American relationship that led to the American Revolution.
Addresses the broad pattern of events that framed the causes of the seven years of war in North America, the intercultural dynamics of its conduct, and its profound impact on…
Addresses the broad pattern of events that framed this conflict’s causes, the intercultural dynamics of its conduct, and its profound impact on subsequent events-most notably the American Revolution and a…
