FURNEAUX : The battle of Saratoga (fülszöveg)
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolution, but until very recently no one has known just why.
The advance reviews of Rupert Furneaux's The Battle of Saratoga have praised it for its "strong vivid description," "colorful detail," and its excellent use of newly discovered documents.
If Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne had been able to make his plan of isolating New England from the rest of the Colonies work, the War would have been over and the Colonials subdued.
Three men have been blamed for the failure: Germain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, an ambitious politician who had risen to high office despite the stigma of military disgrace; Sir William Howe, the British Commander-in-chief in America, an easygoing, self-indulgent, and taciturn man; and Burgoyne himself, a handsome, talented, vain, and dangerously ambitious soldier.
Which man committed the blunder that stranded Burgoyne's army in the American wilderness? Only recently has a fair assessment been made possible by the publication of the correspondence that passed among these men in 1776 and 1777. From this and other new data, Rupert Furneaux has been able to reconstruct this important battle – a drama filled with petty rivalries, blunders, and over-confidence as well as heroism.
Rupert Furneaux's book is fully illustrated with battle plans and engravings of the period. It is the most important volume of Stein and Day's acclaimed series, Great Battles of the Modern World.
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