xviii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-361) and index.
Contents
Preface : The abandoned canvas -- "Cousin America" : 1775 -- The secretary for America : 1775-1776 -- "A most unaccountable madness" : January 1776-June 1776 -- A most precarious independence : July 1776-December 1776 -- The best laid schemes : January 1777-July 1777 -- Saratoga trumps Philadelphia : July 1977-December -- Except in Parliament : January 17778-June 1778 -- The French connection : June 1778-December 1778 -- The war on trial : January 1779-June 1779 -- Moderately feeding the war : June 1779-December -- The time of the tumults : January 1780-June 1780 -- A dearth of heroes : June 1780-December 1780 -- Marching about the country : January 1781-July 1781 -- "The world turn'd upside down" : July 1781-December 1781 --The failure of fire and sword : January 1782-January 1784.