The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the...
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Author: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
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The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

$73.85
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

$73.85
Author: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted the British war effort
"Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy has written a remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world. This is a great book."--Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Winner of the 2014 George Washington Book Prize sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington's Mount Vernon
The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire.

Author: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 09/30/2014
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.17w x 1.32d
ISBN: 9780300209402


Award: Cundill Prize - Finalist

About the Author
Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy is Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello, and professor of history, University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, VA.
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