Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by Ferling, John E.

Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635572766)

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Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by Ferling, John E.

Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781

$40.00
Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by Ferling, John E.

Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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Co-Winner of the 2022 Harry M. Ward Book Prize

From celebrated historian John Ferling, the underexplored history of the second half of the Revolutionary War, when, after years of -fighting, American independence often seemed beyond reach.

It was 1778, and the recent American victory at Saratoga had netted the U.S a powerful ally in France. Many, including General George Washington, presumed France's entrance into the war meant independence was just around the corner.

Meanwhile, having lost an entire army at Saratoga, Great Britain pivoted to a "southern strategy." The army would henceforth seek to regain its southern colonies, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, a highly profitable segment of its pre-war American empire. Deep into 1780 Britain's new approach seemed headed for success as the U.S. economy collapsed and morale on the home front waned. By early 1781, Washington, and others, feared that France would drop out of the war if the Allies failed to score a decisive victory that year. Sir Henry Clinton, commander of Britain's army, thought "the rebellion is near its end." Washington, who had been so optimistic in 1778, despaired: "I have almost ceased to hope."

Winning Independence is the dramatic story of how and why Great Britain--so close to regaining several southern colonies and rendering the postwar United States a fatally weak nation ultimately failed to win the war. The book explores the choices and decisions made by Clinton and Washington, and others, that ultimately led the French and American allies to clinch the pivotal victory at Yorktown that at long last secured American independence.

Author: John E. Ferling
ISBN-10: 1635572762
ISBN-13: 9781635572766
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2021
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.64lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 2.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 03/22/2021
Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 81
Choice 03/01/2023
By John E. Ferling
By John E. Ferling
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John Ferling is professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of many books on the American Revolution, including The Ascent of George Washington; Almost a Miracle; A Leap in the Dark; Whirlwind, a finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Book Prize; and, most recently, Apostles of Revolution: Jefferson, Paine, Monroe, and the Struggle Against the Old Order in America and Europe. He and his wife, Carol, live near Atlanta.

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