The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution

Barbara W. Tuchman

ISBN 10: 0718131428 / ISBN 13: 9780718131425

Editore: Michael Joseph, Ltd., London, 1989

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Michael Joseph, Ltd., London. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner analyzes the American Revolution, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. She recounts detail the events responsible for the birth of the US. Very good copy of the first United Kingdom edition in a very good dust jacket. 347 pages.

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• Titolo: The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution
• Editore: Michael Joseph, Ltd., London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0718131428
• ISBN 13: 9780718131425
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good

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This study gives a provocative and searching view of the pivotal events of the American Revolution examining the key role played by the opposing navies and revealing the characters of the major figures of the time such as Admiral Rodney, Lord Cornwallis and George Washington. Barbara Tuchman has also written "The Guns of August" (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), "Bible and Sword' and "The Zimmerman Telegram"