A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 107
... British prison might be like . Of course , they almost certainly had heard the official propaganda , and they might have surmised what prisoner of war con- ditions were like from firsthand knowledge of how the British were treated while ...
... British prison might be like . Of course , they almost certainly had heard the official propaganda , and they might have surmised what prisoner of war con- ditions were like from firsthand knowledge of how the British were treated while ...
Pagina 192
... British reprisal . Thus , as Maier observed , although the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1774 cautioned the citizenry against assailing former British supporters in that colony's government , it knew that the very act of ...
... British reprisal . Thus , as Maier observed , although the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1774 cautioned the citizenry against assailing former British supporters in that colony's government , it knew that the very act of ...
Pagina 193
... British armies first refused to attack , then , upon finally taking the field , failed to take advantage of innumerable opportunities . " Force , however great , is useless unless exerted , and victory is Vain unless pursued , " he ...
... British armies first refused to attack , then , upon finally taking the field , failed to take advantage of innumerable opportunities . " Force , however great , is useless unless exerted , and victory is Vain unless pursued , " he ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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