Osprey's examination of the Saratoga campaign; which was a watershed; and is widely believed to have been the turning point of the American War of Independence (1775-1783). For the first time British regulars were beaten in open battle by equal numbers of Americans. The Continentals bore the brunt of the fighting; supported by 'hordes' of militia who proved adept at attacking detachments or lines of communication.The after-shock in America (on both sides) and Europe transformed a civil war into a global struggle against the two colonial superpowers of the day; France and Spain; and eventually lost George III his American colonies.
#1233704 in Books Greenhill Books 2006-02-19Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.25 x .25 x 7.50l; #File Name: 185367324272 pages
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Clear and Incisive StudyBy El CutacheroThe author has produced a slew of photo studies with incisive text on the life and times of the U.S. soldier; and his Spanish and Mexican californio predecessors also. His specialty is in gathering together contemporary source material for the illustrations. This method has the great virtue of showing what was what and when. But if no photos are available; then something may be omitted. All of these books are vertical studies covering a period of years. Though sometimes the illustrations serve to identify individual items of equipment; these works are not intended for that purpose. They are not catalogs intended for materiel collectors. They are of such a length and of such a level of detail that they will serve the purposes of the general reader with a curiousity about what grandaddy did in WW II or great great great grandaddy in the Civil War and what he looked like and how he lived. This is not to say that the specialist such as myself cannot find useful nuggets herein. I can. I use these for general surveys of periods I do not study in detail; such as the Civil War; and the War With Mexico; etc. And to look up the odd facts. I have yet to be disappointed with any of them.
