PREFACE and acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: Britain and America come to Blows, 1763-1775 [4]
1. John Bull and his Empire,
1763.
2. The Rights of British America
3. A Tea Party in Boston: Parliament versus Congress
4. The First Shot: Lexington and Concord CHAPTER 2: The Fighting Begins, 1775 [18]
1. Prospects and Perspectives of the Combatants
2. Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston
3. Congress widens the Conflict: Canada
3. The Political Revolution: America Declares her Independence CHAPTER 3: Britain Reasserts her Authority, 1776 [44]
1. Patriots and Loyalists: The Factors of Identity
2. The Two Sides Prepare
3. The British Invasion of New York
4. Trenton and Princeton: the Patriot Cause Retrieved CHAPTER 4: The Unpredictable Fortunes of War, 1777 [73]
1. The British Plan a New Offensive
2. Howe Goes to Philadelphia
3. Burgoyne meets his match at Saratoga
4. The Maritime Dimension, 1775-1777 CHAPTER 5: France Comes to America’s help, 1778 [106]
1. The French Connection, 1775-1778
2. Britain’s Strategic Options
3. Naval Preliminaries in Europe
4. Valley Forge and the Fashioning of a New Army
5. Clinton: Retreat and Retrenchment
6. Britain ventures into Georgia CHAPTER 6: Spain Enters the Conflict, 1779 [143]
1. Spain and the American War 2: Britain faces Invasion
3. Stalemate in America
4. Britain, Spain and Gibraltar CHAPTER 7: Changing Strategies, 1780 [170]
1. The Bourbon Powers alter their Focus
2. The Struggle for Mastery in the West Indies
3. Britain Looks Southwards: The Campaign for the Carolinas
4. Northern Impasse: The Bankruptcy of Congress
5. Europe: The League of Armed Neutrality CHAPTER 8: The North American Frontier, 1775-1781 [212]
1. The Southeastern Mosaic
2. The Struggle for the Ohio and Illinois
3. The Devastation of Iroquoia CHAPTER 9: No Daylight at the Tunnel’s End, 1781 [237]
1. France seeks a Resolution
2. Washington’s Darkest Hour: the Continental Mutiny
3. The Royal Navy bids Europe defiance
4. Britain’s Southern Strategy Unravels CHAPTER 10: Resolution at Yorktown [270]
1. The War moves to Virginia
2. De Grasse and Rodney: The Naval Prelude
3. Cornwallis ensnared CHAPTER 11: End Game, 1782 [297]
1. The Political and Military Consequences of Yorktown
2. The War draws to a Close in America
3. Britain strikes back in the Caribbean
4. Europe: Final Operations
5. A Peace takes Shape: The Treaty of 1783 CONCLUSIONS AND CONSEQUENCES [319] APPENDIX: Washington on the art of Command, 10 Nov 1775 BIBLIOGRAPHY [327] INDEX