Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America, 1775-1783 / / Arthur Bowler.
The myth of the eighteenth-century British "war machine" persists, perplexing those who search for the reasons why Britain lost the Revolutionary War. In this book, R. Arthur Bowler argues that although recent and traditional studies have pointed out many problems of the British forces in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1975 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. The Logistical Organization
- II. America as a Source of Supply
- III. Britain as a Source of Supply: The Problem of Food
- IV. Britain as a Source of Supply: Camp Equipment, Clothing, Arms, Ammunition, Money
- V. "How Men on Fixed and Moderate Salaries Could Better Their Fortunes"
- VI. The Northern War
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Backmatter