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Revolution on the Hudson

By: WW Norton

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (WW Norton)

MSRP old price: $28.95


Product Info

Title
Revolution on the Hudson
Publisher
Category
Author
George C. Daughan
Publish Year
2016
Pages
416
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148036814
Type
Hardcover

Description

No part of the country was more contested during the American Revolution than New York City and its surroundings. Military leaders of the time—and generations of scholars since—believed that the Hudson River Valley was America’s geographic jugular, which, if cut, would quickly bleed the rebellion to death. In Revolution on the Hudson, prize-winning historian George C. Daughan makes the daring new argument that this strategy would never have worked, and that dogged pursuit of dominance over the Hudson ultimately cost Britain the war. This groundbreaking naval history offers a thrilling response to one of our most vexing historical questions: How could a fledgling nation have defeated the most powerful war machine of the era?