Iron Tears. Rebellion In America - 1775-1783

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 375 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: America fought to gain independence from British colonial power between 1763 and 1783. It wasnt just a battle won by American revolutionaries. It was also lost by the British. Combining fascinating scenes of dissent in domestic British politics with graphic descriptions of the war in America, Weintraubs narrative is a page-turning story of military and political misfortune. As George Washington managed to hold his ragged and overmatched Continental army together and create a nation, his opponents -- principally King George III and his prime minister, Lord North -- themselves faced increasing resistance to the wars brutality and costs. Their opponents in Parliament and the press gradually turned pacifist and sympathetic to the Americans, and were unwilling to bear the costs of the Empire in America. As the tide turned on the battlefield, the iron tears of muskets and cannon shed by the redcoats were matched by tearful protests in London. Although King George threatened to abdicate in frustration, many British merchants, voters, and politicians supported the cause of the new American nation, and were inspired by the leadership of Washington. Stanley Weintraubs masterful and eye-opening new history of the American War of Independence is the first ever written from a trans-Atlantic perspective.

ISBN: 9780743219921