THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1774-1783

Collana della Osprey Publishing dedicata alle principali guerre della storia, con particolare attenzione ai combattimenti e all’impatto sulla società. Ogni volume prende in esame una guerra e fornisce informazioni sull’origine, i combattenti, come vennero svolti i combattimenti e le conseguenze. Ricca iconografia che comprende foto in bianco e nero, riproduzione di dipinti a colori e mappe appositamente realizzate da noti esperti.

The American Revolution has been characterized politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible Britishmilitary establishment. Daniel Marston argues that this belief, though widespread, is a misconception. He contends that the American Revolution, in reality, created deep political divisions in the population of the Thirteen Colonies, while militarily pittingveterans of the Seven Years' War against one another, in a conflict that combined guerrilla tactics and classic eighteenth century campaign techniques on both sides. The peace treaty of 1783 that brought an end to the war marked the formal beginning of the United States of America as an independent political entity.