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JAMES LSTOKESBURY AuthorofAShortHistoryofWorld WarI andAShortHistoryofWorld WarII A SHORT HISTORY AMERICAN REVOLUTION Also by James L. Stokesbury A Short History ofthe Korean War Masters ofthe Art ofCommand (with Martin Blumenson) A Short History ofWorld WarII A Short History ofWorld War I Navy and Empire A Short History ofAir Power A SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION James L. StokesDury Quill William Morrow New York Copyright© 1991 byJamesL.Stokesbury Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyform orbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orby any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to Permissions Department, William MorrowandCompany,Inc., 1350AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork, N.Y. 10019. ItisthepolicyofWilliamMorrowandCompany,Inc.,anditsimprintsandaffiliates, recognizingtheimportanceofpreservingwhathasbeenwritten,toprintthebooks wepublishonacid-freepap>er,andweexertourbesteffortstothatend. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PubUcationData Stokesbury,JamesL. AshorthistoryoftheAmericanrevolution/JamesL.Stokesbury. p. cm. OriginallypubUshed:NewYork:W.Morrow,cl991. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-688-12304-X 1. UnitedStates—Histoid—Revolution, 1775-1783. [E208.S87 1993] 973.3—dc20 92-26180 CIP Printed intheUnitedStatesofAmerica 9 10 BOOKDESIGNBYM&MDESIGNS ForBilland Sandy, and Laurie and Tom ACKNOWLEDGMENTS D, URINGTHEpreparationofthiswork, Iwasenabledtovisit most of the major battlefields of the American Revolution, thanks to a generous grant from the Harvey T. Reid Fund of Acadia University, and it is a pleasure to acknowledge their assistance in this way. As always, members of the History DepartmentofAcadiaUniversity,andthestaffoftheVaughan MemorialLibraryofAcadia,havebeenunfailinglysupportive, and I wish to thank my friends and colleagues fortheir kind interest over the years. None of them, of course, have any responsibility for any errors or facts or interpretation con- tained herein. My chiefthanks go to my wife, Elizabeth.
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